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Wolf
They are “the hounds of God doing battle with the evil forces at work in this world. They are the instruments of justice in a world filled with injustice.” ~ C.C. Clay
Joe Di Buono’s trip to Italy in the summer of 1998 turns his ordinary, middle-class life on its head. The 18-year-old’s trip – a visit to the land of his forebears -- is a coming-of-age gift from his parents.
Sitting next to Joe on the flight to Rome is Gemma, a mysterious, alluring Italian woman with extraordinary powers of persuasion which lead her to seduce the young American. Unbeknownst to Joe, Gemma is a lycan who, during their short, torrid affair in Rome, transmits the virus which turns him into a lycan, too.
Joe goes on to his studies at Cornell and goes on to a career at the Department of Homeland Security. It is here where his new-found powers will intersect fatefully with the growing menace of domestic terrorism.
As years pass, Joe finds himself working within the administration of Robert J. Dunn and it is here where he begins to see that the real threats to American democracy are grave because they begin at the top.
After Dunn’s defeat in 2020, the Department of Homeland Security gives Joe a top-secret portfolio where he is assigned to bring an end to the white supremacist movement, by all means necessary. While his team goes about its task efficiently, Joe “goes rogue” and, with his new-found powers, sets out on a killing spree, dismembering the key purveyors in Congress and the right-wing media of the lies and deceit which were destroying the country. After a series of news-making, bloody killings, he ultimately sets his sight on the ex-president, himself. As he says, “If you want to kill a snake, you’ve got to cut off its head”. When his beloved Gemma returns to him, he begins to understand that fate has intersected their lives with the great political struggle of their time.
Wolf will keep you gripped until the very end. The story and its finale are a cautionary tale for our of the challenges facing American and western-style democracy. Wolf will leave readers wanting more while challenging them to reflect on the best way forward in a time of renascent fascism. As Joe says, “We have to live with this cancer and make sure we don’t die from it.”
Joe Di Buono’s trip to Italy in the summer of 1998 turns his ordinary, middle-class life on its head. The 18-year-old’s trip – a visit to the land of his forebears -- is a coming-of-age gift from his parents.
Sitting next to Joe on the flight to Rome is Gemma, a mysterious, alluring Italian woman with extraordinary powers of persuasion which lead her to seduce the young American. Unbeknownst to Joe, Gemma is a lycan who, during their short, torrid affair in Rome, transmits the virus which turns him into a lycan, too.
Joe goes on to his studies at Cornell and goes on to a career at the Department of Homeland Security. It is here where his new-found powers will intersect fatefully with the growing menace of domestic terrorism.
As years pass, Joe finds himself working within the administration of Robert J. Dunn and it is here where he begins to see that the real threats to American democracy are grave because they begin at the top.
After Dunn’s defeat in 2020, the Department of Homeland Security gives Joe a top-secret portfolio where he is assigned to bring an end to the white supremacist movement, by all means necessary. While his team goes about its task efficiently, Joe “goes rogue” and, with his new-found powers, sets out on a killing spree, dismembering the key purveyors in Congress and the right-wing media of the lies and deceit which were destroying the country. After a series of news-making, bloody killings, he ultimately sets his sight on the ex-president, himself. As he says, “If you want to kill a snake, you’ve got to cut off its head”. When his beloved Gemma returns to him, he begins to understand that fate has intersected their lives with the great political struggle of their time.
Wolf will keep you gripped until the very end. The story and its finale are a cautionary tale for our of the challenges facing American and western-style democracy. Wolf will leave readers wanting more while challenging them to reflect on the best way forward in a time of renascent fascism. As Joe says, “We have to live with this cancer and make sure we don’t die from it.”
247 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 18, 2021
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