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  • Paperback: 326 pages
  • Publisher: Open Road Media (July 29, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1497642795
  • ISBN-13: 978-1497642799
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsSex, Death, and Rock n' Roll
By Ravenova on July 22, 2008
Format: Mass Market Paperback
In a sleepy little town, evil is bubbling beneath the surface, waiting to erupt. Women are getting violently raped, dead bodies are rising from their slabs in the morgue to walk out, vicious murders are taking place, and strange creatures, resembling large wolves are stalking the darkening abyss of the night.

Meanwhile, a man named Daniel Fargo has the answer to the riddle; he understands that what the sleepy town of Big Rock is against isn't man made carnage, but something of the supernatural. Yes, Virginia, werewolves do exist. Now it's a race against time as the enigmatic Fargo tracks down the beasts, waiting for the day he might avenge himself. But, he's going to need help. In order to destroy the evil that lurks in the night, he must confide in the ever skeptical sheriff Arlin Hurley. However, Hurley is loath to believe the truth behind the myth and as he disregards Fargo, the murders persist. What will happen to Big Rock if the werewolves are not contained? What will become of our world as their evil seed spreads? Welcome to Big Rock --- population decreasing.

The wonderful world of Ray Garton's self styled horror is back in full force. The usual emphasis on sex, violence, and gory death has not been overturned in favor of the lighter side, but has darkened over the years, presenting the latest Garton, Ravenous with a bleak atmosphere complemented by the description of ever present drizzling rain, cold dark woods, and creaky abandoned houses festooned with mummified corpses. The ceaseless violence and mayhem begin immediately, never allowing the reader to awaken from the nightmare, never giving pause in the tale for a respite. Indeed, Garton has increased his love of mutilation and gore, presenting some scenes that are just too melancholy for modern audiences.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 stars"A classic werewolf horror jaunt and then some"
By James Tepper VINE VOICE on December 11, 2012
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First published in 2008, "Ravenous", by Ray Garton is a powerful, scary, graphically bloody and erotic take on the werewolf mythos that I many of us were first introduced to by the 1941 Universal film, The Wolfman starring Lon Chaney Jr. as Larry Talbot, the unfortunate cursed by the bite of a werewolf to turn into a werewolf "...when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright(or...the moon is full and bright in subsequent movies)"

But this is not your father's or grandfather's werewolf. This is Ray Garton's. Meshing Garton's trademark potpourri of lust, sex, blood and guts, "Ravenous" is perhaps the most original re-telling of the age-old man to wolf story. When I read Glen Duncan's "The Last Werewolf" in 2011 and the sequel, 2012's "Tallulah Rising" (both of which I enjoyed tremendously), I thought that I had seen the first well-writtten, werewolf stories in recent years to capture the oddly harmonious blend of "sex, eat, kill, that" makes so much sense for werewolf tales. Duncan's writing has been criticized by many for being "too literary" but I in truth, I never understood those comments.

Now here comes Ray Garton. Actually, there went Ray Garton, because his werewolf saga was first published in 2008, three full years before Glen Duncan's, and the core werewolf behavior of "sex, eat, kill, that" was first described by Garton. The trinity was clearly espoused by him first And it is central to his mythos, more so than in Duncan's universe. In Garton's world, werewolves are not created by anything as impersonal as the bite of a werewolf. Nah, the virus is spread like an STD, and requires the victim to have intercourse, willingly or unwillingly, with a werewolf either in human or lupine form. Cool idea.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA howling good adult read
By Cheryl Stout TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on July 24, 2013
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Author Garton brings his own special twist to werewolves in "Ravenous" just as he did to vampires in Live Girls.

In this snapping good look at "lupus verenus," don't worry about turning into a werewolf from scratches and bites. No - it takes sexual contact. So be warned that this isn't your kids' horror book. This is definitely the grown-up version.

Affairs, spousal abuse and all the intrigues of a small town plague Big Rock, California but it's the plague of werewolves that is killing that small town ambiance.

Fast paced, great character development, an author that doesn't shy away from killing off his characters (any of them) - all go into the best werewolf book I've read. I'm now looking forward to reading the sequel Bestial.
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4.0 out of 5 starsSheriff, Your Town Has a Werewolf Infestation
By Kenneth A. McKinley on September 21, 2015
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A woman is brutally raped and her attacker is taken to the morgue. When the sheriff goes to the morgue to see if he can identify the dead assailant, the body isn't there. Soon a naked man is spotted running out of the hospital's ER doors. The sheriff sends his deputy after the man and the deputy ends up brutally murdered in a disemboweling that is determined was done by a large, unseen, wolf-like animal. At the scene of one killing, a mysterious man shoots a "killer" leaving a mysterious, half-changed body that resembles both a human and a wolf. The strangers informs the sheriff that "he's got a werewolf infestation" in his small Northern California town of Big Rock and that its spread as a STD.

I have to give Garton an A for creativity. I love how he updates the lycanthrope mythology and interweaves it in a tightly written thrill fest. The main characters are distinctive and no one is above being the next victim.The blood pours from the pages as the carnage piles up. The werewolves are vicious and show no mercy. This is my first read of Garton's work and I highly recommend it.

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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Great fictional book. Don't miss out on this one.

Published 2 months ago by max
5.0 out of 5 starsGood time werewolf romp Garton style!

Leave it to Garton to treat Lycanthropy like a STD. Abuse, Rape, Fat Shaming, Adultery, and plenty mo’ raping to go around. Good times.

Published 8 months ago by Bill
5.0 out of 5 starsI love a good werewolf book and this one doesn't disappoint

I love a good werewolf book and this one doesn't disappoint. I'd class it as extreme as some scenes are quite violent but I did enjoy it.

Published 8 months ago by Mrs. Johnson
2.0 out of 5 starsToo graphic and violent especially towards women

I wanted to read a werewolf/horror novel that did not fall into the category of a romance which seems to be the standard nowadays. Read more

Published 10 months ago by julieamika
3.0 out of 5 starsReview

3 1/2 stars actually.
Interesting take on how people get infected to become werewolves. But some of the novel didn't jive with me. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Pamela K Kinney
1.0 out of 5 starsMeh.

I got this book on the recommendation of a friend. Overall, I found it distinctly meh and here's why. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Amazon Customer
3.0 out of 5 starsSolid Stuff

I really liked this one a bit. I haven't read anything by Mr. Garton in some time and was pleased to see that his writing is as good as I remembered it. Read more

Published 12 months ago by Doc Redbat
4.0 out of 5 starsvery good

I enjoyed the book, but, it had lots of violence. Fo some reason I did not expect.
I finished reading it mainly to see how it ended.

Published 17 months ago by Sara
1.0 out of 5 starsNot Worth the Paper It's Printed On

This was atrocious. I got through maybe fifty pages and had to put it down. The writing is clumsy, stilted, and bulky. Read more

Published 18 months ago by Mrs. Hamilton
2.0 out of 5 starsDon't Bother

The book was not my cup of tea. It was quite a disappointment and the ending screamed "book two".

Published 20 months ago by Thomas A. Wadas

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