The Orphan [Paperback]

Robert Stallman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Pocket (March 2, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671467581
• ISBN-13: 978-0671467586
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,352,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Orphan Captive Beast, June 10, 2000

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carolyn hall (Albuquerque, New Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Orphan (Paperback)

You'e got to read all three books, in order of course. When we were reading these books they were loose, typed pages that we passed around the room. We asked my brother, "What does the character look like?" He said, "Use your imagination" These three books make you forget where you are, you think you are living the book. I have an advantage, Robert Lester Stallman is my brother. He was alot of fun to grow up with. What a sense of humor.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the few--one of the best, October 4, 2005

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Richard J. Arndt (Elko, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Orphan (Paperback)

There are darn few really good werewolf novels. In fact, there aren't that many werewolf novels at all but the good ones would be Guy Endore's superb 'The Werewolf Of Paris', James Blish's fine 'There Shall Be No Darkness' and Robert Stallman's excellent trilogy 'The Book Of The Beast' {comprised of The Orphan, The Captive & The Beast}. Beautifully written and surprisingly subtle with strong charactizations and settings--this book in its entirely is probably the best werewolf book available and a fine novel in anyone's book. Not really a horror novel, athough there's plenty of horrorific stuff going on--it's more an American road book, but the road is the path that the lead character's soul is going on. A exceptional book {or books}, well worth your time.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy read but stays with you for a long time, July 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Orphan (Paperback)

I read this quickly but could not stop dreaming about it afterwards. I kept rewriting the ending in my mind... it is that addictive! It's great 'cos you never really know what or who the beast is and he fascinates you totally.