The Nightwalker

by Thomas Tessier

Bobby had almost convinced himself that his lover's death was an accident. It wasn't his fault. Once the uncontrollable tingling began in his hands, he could only watch in horror as they killed her. But then one day he saw the jogger. As his eyes followed the man, he felt that same eerie power flowing into his arms and legs, and he found himself running with inhuman animal grace to overtake the runner. And with that chase began a reign of terror. Night after night the beast will silently stalk the London streets, its bloody jaws and tearing claws leaving only death in its wake.

A classic of contemporary horror whose many admirers have included Stephen King and Peter Straub, Thomas Tessier's novel The Nightwalker (1979) has been recognized as one of the finest werewolf stories ever written. This edition includes an afterword by the author.

Genres: Horror, Werewolves, Fiction, Thriller, Supernatural, Horror Thriller, Novels

183 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Thomas Tessier grew up in Connecticut and attended University College, Dublin. He is the author of several acclaimed novels of terror and suspense, plays, poems, and short stories. His novel Fog Heart received the International Horror Guild's Award for Best Novel, was a Bram Stoker Award finalist, and was cited by Publishers Weekly as one of the Best Books of the Year. He lives in Connecticut.

Reviews

[Jeffrey Keeten · Rating 4 out of 5]

”In the dream he had become something else, but he did not know what it was. Less than human, impossible to define. He could only be certain that he had changed, as if everything about him had undergone some unique metamorphosis. Yet he remained the same person beneath it all, with the same brain and emotional makeup.

Or did he?”

Bobby Ives survived a tour in Vietnam, or at least he thinks he did, and is now living in London. He has a pretty girlfriend who adores him, an inexpensive flat, and enough pension money to live off as long as he keeps within his modest means.

As the days pass by, he starts to experience some moments of disassociation. His hands begin to flare with white heat. He starts having dreams of past lives where he died horrible deaths. Out in public, he starts to feel like an alien observing the natives, incapable of comprehending their daily desires.

”All these people moving about, busy, preoccupied and methodical, enjoying themselves spending money. Impulsive or discerning, it didn’t matter; as a group they radiated an air of confidence and self-assurance, as if this was a basic part of the larger cycle of their lives. They knew what they were doing, even the many tourists in their peculiar way. In the midst of them all, Ives felt like a random item in a building full of specifics.”

He starts to have impulses.

”His nostrils flared as he detected something. The man’s sweat? It must be! Like a thin beam, a ribbon of warm scent. Spoor.”

He starts to feel like Hyde Park is his and his alone. All of London needs to understand they wander through those carefully trimmed hedges and expanses of green grass at their peril.

Who is he? What is he? What form of madness is this?

In desperation, he sees a clairvoyant named Miss Tanith who sees a future full of darkness, blood, despair, and rage imprinted into the lines of his hands. She sees the face of his future and it is misshapen like Dr. Jekyll’s other half.

Any brief illusions he has that he can control what is happening to himself are quickly dispelled. He is his own truth.

After reading Fog Heart by Thomas Tessier, which is excellent, I knew I’d found a writer who was going to write books that would light my brain up like a pinball machine on tilt. He takes old legends and makes them new. He takes situations that have been used time and again as the basis of novels and twists them into something a bit more insidious. He infuses gothic elements that give his novels more chilling atmosphere. Even though I knew some things about this book before reading it I was still enamored with the way he spooled out the relevant details in a frugal way that left me guessing when he would actually reveal what was going on with Bobby Ives. Tessier left me with lingering questions, points to ponder about what had happened to Ives. If the subject does not know, how is the reader to know? In real life the answers are rarely completely known. We are surrounded by mysteries and why shouldn’t our novels resemble life?

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[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Set in London, we see a US citizen and Vietnam vet slowly turning into a murderer and monster. What happened to Bobby Ives? Why does he remember a former self? What meant the killing of a woman in Vietnam? Is Miss Tanith able to cure him? How ended his English girlfriend? A very unusual novel showing the dark side of human psyche. Some scenes are quite explicit and very disturbing. A novel definitely not for the faint hearted. I loved the London scenery (e.g. Hyde Park, Kensington High Street) and the precision of Thomas Tessier's unusual story. This tale cuts you like a knife. Really recommended. An old school classic!

[Kenneth McKinley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember seeing The Nightwalker on some list of must-reads by Stephen King. I knew most of the books on the list, but the Nightwalker was one that I hadn't heard of. So, on a trip perusing through my local used bookstore, low and behold, there it was. I snatched it up and it sat dormant in my TBR pile for some time. Lately, I've been trying to make a dent in the aforementioned pile and The Nightwalker's time had finally come. For those of you that don't know, The Nightwalker is a werewolf novel that doesn't feel like werewolf novel. In fact, the whole time I was reading it, I kept thinking "this feels like An American Werewolf in London". The story telling has many of the same qualities. It's fast paced. You don't know quite what's going on and once you think you do, you still don't know how they're going to end the story. There's obviously the fact that the protagonist is American and yes, he's in London, but beyond that, the the storytelling has the same gritty quality to it.

Bobby is an American in London that is in a relationship with an English girl he met not long ago. Lately, Bobby isn't feeling right. He's overcome with these sudden urges and that he can't control. One minute he's fine, the next his hands start tingling and eventually rage consumes him and someone ends up dead. It's getting worse and worse and he's afraid to examine it. In fact, he's starting to like it.

Like I said, The Nightwalker is a werewolf story that doesn't like to let you know that it's a werewolf story. There's no encounter with a werewolf that starts the story off. No bite or scratch. In fact, Tessier teases you with the idea that it might be from reincarnation and curse from long ago that suddenly awakens. I really enjoyed the vagueness of the origins and the storytelling, in general. It lets you come to your own conclusions and I think it fit the story perfectly.


4 1/2 Bottles of Ginseng out of 5


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[Phil · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tessier takes the reader on a rather grim ride here in 70s London, following the trials and tribulations of Bobby, a Vietnam vet, living on his disability checks. When Tessier penned this, werewolves were pretty thin on the ground in the horror genre, although that would change soon enough, but this is not a typical werewolf story by any means. Bobby is your basic loner, although he starts the novel with a girlfriend (actually, his only friend). The Nightwalker starts with Bobby waking up and smelling smoke, which is coming from his neighbor's flat one story down. Bobby finds a pan on the range burning and the neighbor drunk and passed out in the bathroom. In an odd bit of rage, Bobby beats the piss out of the guy and throws him down the stairs of the building.

Why odd rage? Well, Bobby may suffer from PTDS, but that had never manifested itself as rage, and worse, his 'spells' of rage and blacking out seem to be getting worse. What the hell is going on? Bobby feels twisted and torn, and at his girlfriend's behalf, finally visits a doctor; he checks out just fine, however. The diagnosis? Mild migraines, but Bobby does not buy it. What he is experiencing seems to transcend any migraine that is for sure! He even tries a clairvoyant for help, but no dice; she only tells him his future is dark, dark, dark!

What made this such a good read involves the pacing and the surprises along the way; Tessier just keeps throwing punches left and right, leaving the reader staggering. The Nightwalker barely tips the scale at 200 pages and yes, lots of things could have been developed more, but still, a quick and unsettling read for sure. 3.5 howls, rounding up.

My edition of this also has another novella attached, "The Dreams of Dr. Ladybank," which was fun, but pretty bland over all. The titular doctor finds out he can 'command' via his mind a few other people in the city (never named, but in the USA somewhere). The people, a young hustler and a sleazy biker, know something is going on-- they hear voices in their head!-- but have no idea what it going on. In one grueling scene, the young hustler pries out his metal fillings because he assumes that is where the voice is from; unfortunately, that just makes the voice even clearer! 2.5 stars, rounding up.

[Plagued by Visions · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was bewildering and bloody, with a sense of unease that doesn’t explode in your face so much as erode your comfort and certainty the more one lingers on its bloated and bizarre details.

Our main character, Bobby Ives, is a dissonant mess (and even the way the narration refers to him changes—going from “Bobby” to “Ives,” sometimes even within the same sentence—adding to this sense of fragmentation and confusion). He is either turning into a werewolf, being possessed by an ancient force of nature that has followed him through past lives in the Caribbean and Vietnam, or he is simply going crazy… or maybe all three. Or none. I don’t know, but I do know he loves eating ginseng and honey… oh, and period blood.

The coldness is what did it for me in this novel. Even when bodies are entwined and lost in the flesh of another, there’s a disconnect that seems insurmountable. It’s just bodies and tormented minds bouncing around streets and punk night clubs. The motif of hunger feels real and heavy—our main character is touch starved, nauseous, angrily craving something undefinable yet persistent, when everything feels empty and doomed. Ah, the 70s.

Doubt and self-destruction plague the heart of this novel, paired with a quasi-exploration of mental illness that really struck a chord with me. Transformation here is dissociation, self-doubt, paranoia, and bouncing from horrid dream to horrid dream until reality feels only like cold water running invisible through your hands. I know these feelings well, and their monstrosity feels chilling and ensnaring.

Don’t expect a creature feature going into this. Expect disorientation, loose ends, weird hallucinations, and lots of blood. That’s all a-ok in my book.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a short novel about a Vietnam veteran living in London who finds himself falling into unexplainable fits of rage, violence and, eventually, murder. I hesitate to call it a werewolf novel; lycanthropy is discussed late in the story, but it bears none of the typical markings of such tales. In fact, there is a certain ambiguity about the entire situation. Although written in third person, we get a good look at things from the main character's perspective, and since he tends to black out when it happens, we have little more information than he does. Until the end.

Some good sex in this too, if you don't mind blood play.

The Centipede Press limited edition also includes the story "The Dreams of Dr Ladybank," about a psychiatrist who discovers he is able to project thoughts and commands into the mind of one of his patients.

[Alex (The Bookubus) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bobby, a twenty-something American living in London, starts to experience headaches and strange feelings in his hands and feet. Then the urges begin...

There are some really interesting elements here including the Vietnam war, voodoo in Guadeloupe, punks in London, a clairvoyant and a werewolf, but at times the story felt somewhat fragmented. There is some violent and sexual content and I thought those sections in particular were excellently written. Overall it was a good read and I am interested to read more of Tessier's work.

[D'Ailleurs · Rating 3 out of 5]

Διήγηση από την σκοπιά του λυκανθρώπου, η οποία ακροβατεί ανάμεσα στο μεταφυσικό και στην παράνοια καταστρέφεται από την κάκιστη (ακόμα και για τα δεδομένα της εποχής) μετάφραση. Αξίζει πάντως σαν βιβλίο καθώς η ιδέα είναι ιδιαίτερα πρωτότυπη.

[Alan Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

An American Werewolf in London... Or possibly not.

I had never read Thomas Tessier although his name was familiar to me from interviews with Stephen King and Peter Straub in which his name cropped up so I suppose I picked this up partly due to nostalgia and also because Hyde Park, across from which I work three days a week, features strongly in the story. Bobby Ives, an American Vietnam vet living in 1970s London, may be a werewolf, a lycanthrope. He certainly prowls Hyde Park at night, seems to go through physical transformations, and he murders people at random, not through choice but driven by some feral instinct. Tessier keeps this all very mysterious, Ives' appearance is never specifically described in traditional werewolf terms and there is a suspicion that it may be his own insane imaginings that drives him.

The book is very much a product of its time. The language is slightly stilted and old-fashioned, the dialogue melodramatic, the prose mannered and well-constructed but in a detached, gothic style. The story feels very like the Hammer-horror movies of the time. There are no sympathetic characters. Ives, who appears to subsist on honey, ginseng and vitamin C, is not a tragic hero. He is unlikeable and seems to watch what is happening to him in a very dispassionate fashion, at one point, having just viciously killed two people, "he picked up an apple absently and began eating it. That settled him."

And yet, I enjoyed it. It is not King, or Straub but it does have a certain charm. The depiction of '70s London, the pubs closed in the afternoons, the emerging punk scene, is well-done. I suspect that, had I read this as a teenager when I discovered King, Straub, Ramsey Campbell, I might have loved it. As it is, I am glad I read it but it will never join the greats.

[Sarah Joint · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very grim. I think it's a good horror novel that's a bit more realistic than most. What it lacks in sympathy and familiarity with the main character, it makes up for in detail. Most horror novels require a lot more suspension of belief. Even though he seems to be turning into some fearsome creature... it's so well done it starts to seem plausible.

Bobby is an American veteran living in London. He doesn't work, and stays in most of the time. His lovely girlfriend Annie starts to encourage him to go out and interact with the world more. He's hesitant at first, and it's clear he would be happiest at home with Annie, who he'd like to move in. Their relationship seems quite normal and pleasant. It's not meant to last, though. Bobby starts to have strange symptoms that come on quickly and completely randomly. He refuses to believe they're migraines, even though Annie and the doctor she arranged for him to see think so. He's also had some kind of flashback that he's convinced is about a previous life. The attacks get more and more intense until it's undeniably clear that something terrible is happening to Bobby... maybe he's going crazy. Maybe he's turning into someone or something else. His physical changes are nothing compared to what's happening internally... to his brain and personality. He seems to be becoming a predator, and fast.

Thank you to Net Galley and Endeavour Press for allowing me to read an ARC. This review is as always, honest and unbiased.

[Graham P · Rating 3 out of 5]

A slim novel of urban decay, moral decay, and of course, the mark of the wolf. While not earth-shattering by any means, Thomas Tessier delivers a clean, simple narrative of an ex-pat, Vietnam vet aimlessly living in London. While the story breaks no new grounds, what the novel does achieve is fostering questions about the werewolf novel in general: why is it that the demise of the beast usually ends in the same exact way in film and literature - why can't the beast transcend its own bestiality and avoid the inevitable silver? Why is it that so many more novels are written about vampires than lycans, especially when the metaphor of the beast has so much more to say about trauma, repression, solitude?

Tessier really wrote two fine novels: The Fates and the unsettling drama, Fog Heart. This however is highly readable if not drab, just like Thatcher's London at the time this novel was set. Perhaps it could have been trashier, more profane, or maybe stretch out the myths behind it (voodoo and karma seem to play an abbreviated seed of a backstory here).

....... and one does wonder if John Landis read this novel before making his American Werewolf in London....?

[DJMikeG · Rating 2 out of 5]

When a book is covered in recommendations from Stephen King, Peter Straub, Robert Bloch and has a foreword by Jack Ketchum, you go into it with high expectations. This book failed to meet my expectations. Some artful passages and chilling imagery, but no likeable characters or emotional connection make this a flat read.

[Μιχάλης Δαγκλής · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ένα από τα καλύτερα βιβλία με θέμα τον λυκάνθρωπο. Ο συγγραφέας γράφει υπό την οπτική του ήρωα του και με μαεστρικό, σχεδόν υπνωτιστικό, τρόπο μας κάνει να βιώσουμε το δράμα του, τις αλλαγές του, μα και τα φονικά.

Το ενδιαφέρον είναι πως πρόκειται για ένα άνθρωπο μπερδεμένο και ανήμπορο μπροστά στις ορέξεις του, που θα μπορούσε κάλλιστα - και υπονοείται - να πρόκειται για κάποιον ψυχικά ασθενή. Για κάποιον που η αρρώστια του νου του τον στρέφει ενάντια στον εαυτό του. Είναι αδύνατον να μην νιώσεις λύπη για τον (αντι)ήρωα παρά τα όσα τρομερά κάνει.

Το βιβλίο είναι σχετικά μικρό και γρήγορο. Ο συγγραφέας κάνει βουτιά στον ψυχισμό του πρωταγωνιστή και δεν τον αφήνει ποτέ από το πλάι του.

Ο Στίβεν Κινγκ δήλωσε (τότε) πως είναι η καλύτερη ιστορία με τον μύθο του λυκάνθρωπου που έχει διαβάσει.

[Horror Sickness · Rating 3 out of 5]

2,5*

This was at its core an excellent exploration of the werewolf myth and it created a more realistic approach to it as we follow an ex veteran from the Vietnam war in London going through changes.

Bobby's body is changing and he does not quite understand what is happening to him. At the same time people are showing up brutally murdered and the London police are on the hunt for the killer.

While I really loved the bits about Bobby figuring out what is happening to him and the killings there were some things in the book that really crossed some boundaries for me involving kids and I just can not really look past that. It really did make me uncomfortable to read through that and it nearly made me dnf the book.

[Curtis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really feel that I missed out by not getting to fight in Vietnam. Now I'll never get to go insane from PTSD and become the psychotic yet misunderstood villain of a vintage horror paperback.

[Dustin · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/5, rounded down.

I really loved this fast read from Tessier, my second, and he's two for two with me. He certainly takes a different approach to a werewolf story, and I found it both refreshing, and profoundly disturbing. I have a lot of questions, which I will get to pose to the group in the Tessier reading group I'm in, but I was pretty fascinated by the avenues explored here, but I'm still digesting the ending, and I'm not totally sure how I feel about it. I could see this rating going slightly higher or slightly lower once I've processed it more.

[Mike (Hail Horror Hail) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unlike any creature story I've read.
The beast within. No, the beast isn't within. The beast is outside. It has to be, or does it?

A gritty deep dive into the mind of Bobby, an ex-Vietnam vet who's living off vitamins, ginseng, honey, and blood.

Bobby chooses violence or it chooses him. When it's over, he feels calm, refreshed, and even cleansed. But, for how long?

The prose is lean, mean, and sure. The characters are vivid and relatable. The journey is perilous and pernicious, and I'm here to soak it up.

[Mark R. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here's a pretty decent werewolf novel. The main character is a bit unlikeable--it's often hard to tell whether he's actually bothered or not by the deaths he causes when he transforms, though it's clear he doesn't particularly enjoy the thought of transforming. Some of that ambiguity works, but at other times, just makes me wish we had some other character to follow around for a while.

The supporting characters are pretty one-dimensional, except for a girl who appears halfway into the story, named Angel. She's well-written, but isn't given an awful lot to do.

The reader can never be certain whether or not our guy is truly turning into an animal, or if his physical changes are purely psychological. It shares this aspect with the superior novel "Werewolf of Paris," and I'm not sure how I feel about it. Part of me wanted to know what exactly this bastard looked like, but at the same time, I understood and respected Tessier's decision not to spell it out for me.

The Leisure Books edition comes with a "bonus" novella, that is actually somewhat better than "The Nightwalker." I'd recommend picking up the version that includes "The Dreams of Dr. Ladybank," because it's quite good and a nice companion to "The Nightwalker."

[Kevin Lucia · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent take on the werewolf myth, one that feels grounded, and as a grim as a story like this should be. There's no "tortured hero" whose "better nature" wins out over his curse...just a man spiraling helplessly into something deep, primal, and so much bigger than him.

Also in this book is Tessier's novella "The Dreams of Dr. Ladybank," which is a pretty twisted little tale, also.

[Kevin · Rating 2 out of 5]

A thin, yet somehow still bloated story of lycanthropy. Wordy, with little actually happening.

[Nate Dawg · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Nightwalker is a vivid tale of mans descent into violence and madness. It is a well told and engaging story that kept me turning the page. I don’t want to say too much except give it a read. You won’t be disappointed.

[Mark · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bobby Ives, an ex-pat American living quietly in London, is a Vietnam Vet who keeps to himself, apart from his relationship with Annie. But things have happened to Bobby - a mistaken death listing in Vietnam and a bizarre dream of ghoulish goings-on in Guadelope - and then Annie dies, perhaps at his hands. A werewolf novel of sorts, this is a brisk read and very well written but once we pass the mid-point, it lurches into unpleasantness - Ives’ violently sexual relationship with a street-girl - that it never really recovers from and interest does wane. Ives spends a lot of time moping, both does and doesn’t accept his condition, believes the dream more (which seems silly after a while) and then the climax doesn’t deliver anything powerful at all - it’s almost like an afterthought. Some of it is clever - Ives relationship becomes more unpleasant as the wolf takes over and the attacks are oblique enough that it’s only through the eyes of two unfortunate policeman that we realise he does change - but ultimately, it wasn’t enough for me. As an aside, there were a couple of sequences that made me wonder if Mr Tessier (this was published in 1979) thought about suing John Landis over “An American Werewolf In London” (1981). Well-written and gripping (at least in the first half), this isn’t a bad book by any means but didn’t really work for me.

[William M. · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really appreciated Tessier's new and refreshing approach to the werewolf mythology. While I don't think all the historical elements came together as cohesively as they should have, I had a good time reading this. I would have preferred to not even know what the book was about since the werewolf idea doesn't come into play for quite a while into the story.

Tessier's technical and creative writing is excellent, but like many of his other books, his tempo is completely off. Certain scenes are nicely slow and atmospheric and then, without warning, events happen very quickly, leaving out what I feel are crucial details, mood, and tone. Then things abruptly slow back down before spastically speeding up again. It almost felt like Tessier writes every day and then takes a few weeks off and can't quite get back into the groove of the story.

My only other issue is the slightly unsatisfying ending. Tessier managed to pull everything together but I think it felt too short and rushed. Regardless, I enjoy his writing and ever since reading his amazing book, Finishing Touches, I'll always pick up his work.

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

οι λυκάνθρωποι είναι λίγο αδικημένοι από τη γενικότερη βιβλιογραφία, ενώ πολλά βιβλία που αναφέρονται σε αυτούς δεν θεωρούνται ιδιαίτερα καλά - κάτι αντίστοιχο συμβαίνει και με τις ταινίες που τους αφορούν. Στο παρόν βιβλίο, λοιπόν, ο ήρωάς μας, ενώ θεωρητικά ζει μια φυσιολογική ζωή - σχετικά πάντα με τι εννοούμε φυσιολογικό βέβαια - αρχίζει να βλέπει παράξενα όνειρα, τα οποία όχι μόνο δεν λένε να τον αφήσουν, αλλά γίνονται ολοένα και περισσότερο ζωντανά και ολοένα και περισσότερο συχνά. Συμβουλευόμενος μάντισσες και χαρτορίχτρες, μαθαίνει τελικά που χάνεται όλες τις νύχτες. Η αλήθεια αυτή όμως δεν είναι ιδιαίτερα ευχάριστη, αλλά οι επιλογές για να την αλλάξει λίγες. Το αποτέλεσμα, πάντως, για εμάς είναι ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρον μυθιστόρημα τρόμου, με τον ήρωα εγώ προσωπικά να τον βρίσκω αξιαγάπητο και να συμπάσχω στο δράμα του!!!

[Kristine Muslim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Werewolves and shapeshifters have been extensively chronicled and romanticized in the most mediocre ways possible (with the Twilight series as the most famous catastrophe to date). Thomas Tessier's The Nightwalker is an intelligent, original treatment of lycanthropy, which is definitely not for people who read the work of Stephenie Meyer.

The changes in Bobby Ives, the main character, may or may not be psychological in nature. The backdrop of the story is London, and there are exciting references to the underground punk rock scene. The prose styling is excellent as Thomas Tessier is also a poet.

[Leonardo La Terza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun fact: The Nightwalker is my first Tessier novel! I already have Finishing Touches and Rapture lined up to read soon, thanks to Valancourt.

This is a werewolf novel that doesn't feel much like a werewolf novel, and I mean that as a compliment. There's not the usual lore, and the transformation scenes are less focused on the physical and more built on feelings of confusion and unexplainable rage that overcomes our main character. I actually hesitate to call it "transformation" because Tessier manages to maintain a certain ambiguity about the whole ordeal, never fully explaining what is happening.

Very short and compulsive reading, written in third voice but maintaining the point of view of our main character the whole time. He was well developed enough.

On the other hand, every female character felt a bit flat for me, even Miss Tanith the clairvoyant, which ends up having a more active role in the narrative.

[Ron Zmurk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite unconventional werewolf tale, not for everyone. More psychological than physical. As someone else had noted, the writing is gorgeous, perhaps because Tessier is best known as a poet. Short and definitely worth the read.

[Book Tea 🫖 with Jai]

I really enjoyed this book and author. This is actually my first time reading a book by this author. What really drawn me in about this book, like many others. Lol. Is that Stephen King puts his review on the front cover over the book. And like many others Jack Ketchum doing the introduction was also very intriging. Considering I hate reading introductions. Lol. But over all a great short read. I hate how the main character Bobby lover, Angel, died. But other then that I enjoy the ending. The point of the Nightwalker is to give in site on how a werewolf comes about and evolve and how their day to day, life and routine is. It's just not a straight killer blood thirsty were wolf book.

But I can not wait to read more of Thomas Tessier books.

[Giorgiana · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read ‘The Nightwalker’ by Thomas Tessier thanks to Netgalley.com and I am thankful for this opportunity. I enjoyed every moment that i have spent reading this book. It’s about a young man who feels that something is wrong with him and with his body. First I thought that he is just a psychopath who’s becoming a serial criminal, but after he goes to a kind of clairvoyant he learns that he possesses wolf genes.

He starts killing people in Hyde Park from London, enjoying their blood taste. I don’t want to be a spoiler with this book because is too good to do it. If you want to read a good horror mystery, this is the perfect book to do it.

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[Jay · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really really liked it, right up to the "werewolf" stuff in the book. Part of this was because I had to skip the book one night due to a sleep study. Then my sleeping schedule, etc. But at this point in the book, it just went down hill in my view. First off, there is no "werewolf". So the book doesn't give me my werewolf fix and overall, I just didn't care what so ever towards the end of the book. So I was getting into it, was asking "Where is this going?" "wheres the werewolf" and it didn't amount to much. Also "The nightwalker" What a false title.