Hound of God: The Broken Cross

by james R dale

When Sergeant Daniel “Danny” Fontaine’s troop plane is shot down over the coast of France during the Allied airborne invasion on D-Day, he finds himself separated from his platoon and lost behind enemy lines. In his search to rejoin his platoon, he encounters a patrol of Germans who have captured a large animal. Figuring that if the Nazis want it, he has a duty to keep them from having it, he decides to attack while they are distracted. Daniel is severely wounded during the ensuing firefight but awakens the next morning to find himself in the Castle DuMond, not only alive but miraculously healed of his injuries.

Rescued from death by the mysterious Lady of the Castle, Daniel discovers that to save his life Marie DuMond was forced to bite him and thus begin his unwilling transformation into a Lycanthrope. Initiated into the Hounds of God, a secret order of werewolves in service to the Vatican, Danny must join his Lycan pack in their desperate attempt to keep the power of lycanthropy from falling into the hands of the Third Reich.

If he survives, Daniel will be doomed to spend the next thousand years as a werewolf, fighting the enemies of the church. But when your maker is a two-hundred-year-old beauty with big blue eyes, life as a Lycan doesn’t seem all that bad.

155 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 18, 2023

Reviews

[Chompa · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Daniel Fontaine of Lake Charles, Louisiana, stood no longer just a paratrooper in the United States Army, but a knight consecrated into a secret society of werewolves in service to the Roman Catholic Church."

Woof... This was ruff. 2.5 stars

Honestly, the writing isn't bad, but I had higher hopes for a WW2 werewolf story about fighting Nazis. The main characters are kind of a Gary Stu and Mary Su. Perfect in most ways, but especially for each other. And they are both deeply religious. Just totally not my thing since I'm not religious and I like somewhat flawed (aka realistic) characters. If it had just been one or the other I'd probably have been okay with it, but I'm not continuing the series.

[Brenda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually really enjoyed reading this book. I would not rate it in the horror genre even though they have the werewolves and other supernatural creatures in the series that come up. But quit a fast read and good series. It has made me want to look into more of James R. Dales books.
I liked the characters but I would have liked to know more of the werewolf side of things, ie the feel if there was a pull to forget yourself while being the wolf while doing god’s work. I think that would have put more depth into the story. The emotional aspect.

[Nick Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the book

I liked the details of the main characters beginning and how he over came his problems. I feel the book is a wonderful story and I love to read many more stories

[Neil Campau · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fun read and when I finished the book I was disappointed that it was over. Give it a try, interesting story with a lot of imagination by the author, and book two is next!

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice!

This was a good start to what I believe will be a great series. The characters are very well developed and interesting to get to know.