Wild Blood [Paperback]

Nancy Collins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 16, 2006

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Skinner Cade always felt he wasn't like the others in his small Midwestern town. Violent dreams haunted his sleep and bursts of inexplicable anger flared in his heart. When he discovers that he was adopted, he goes on a search for his birth mother and uncovers a world of savage beasts and blood feuds. There is a wolf in Skinner Cade's heart and it fights to get out - no matter how much blood must be spilled.

A Novel by Nancy A. Collins

About the Author: Nancy A. Collins is author of Sunglasses After Dark, Darkest Heart and Dead Roses for a Blue Lady in the acclaimed Sonja Blue series. She is a past recipient of the Bram Stoker and British Fantasy Iecarus Awards. In Wild Blood, she brings her unique take on the supernatural to the werewolf myth.

* Ties into the novella "The Nonesuch Horror" in Dead Roses for a Blue Lady

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: White Wolf Publishing; First Trade Edition edition (January 16, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158846878X
• ISBN-13: 978-1588468789
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,494,272 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Nancy A. Collins is the author of numerous horror, dark fantasy & comics stories. A native of Arkansas, she currently resides in Cape Fear with her Significant Other and their Boston Terrier, Chopper.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nancy Collins can do better--much better!, April 30, 1998

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Pinch on "pynchonfreak" (West Coast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wild Blood (Paperback)

After reading the Sonya Blue Trilogy and A Dozen Black Roses I wanted to read more of Nancy Collins. Unfortunately, Wild Blood must have been written for the bucks.From the cheesy cover to the 'werewolves are abused children' idea the book is hackneyed. All famous serial killers werewolves? Yeah, right! With the exception of a short section with a convict called Cheater, the book is rife with one-dimensional characters.
The explanation of the 'werewolf lifestyle ' is laboriously drawn out and, in addition to being incredulous,is boring. It's hard to believe this is the same author who created Sonya Blue. Sonya would wipe out this creature with one swing!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Nancy Collins' best, January 6, 2000

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cr0wgrrl (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wild Blood (Paperback)

This book was wonderful and refreshing after running into countless boring werewolf stories. I really enjoyed this new take on werewolves. The characters are fascinating, the plot is fast-paced and enjoyable, and the writing is high quality. Some scenes may not be for the faint-of-stomach, but then again, such people should perhaps not read modern horror in the first place.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Too Wild!, December 14, 1999

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Eric S McAnulty (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wild Blood (Paperback)

I read Wild blood at a time when I was consuming a great amount of books. This one really stuck out. I am a big fan of horror, and this book does NOT disapoint. Anyone interested in Werewolf mythology has gotta give this a go. It's up there with Stephen Kings "Cycle of the Werewolf" and Robert McCammon's "Wolfs Hour" it's a sterdy read, that you'll find breezing through in no time, it is really hard to put down.