From: cbnorman@cayley.uwaterloo.ca (Bruce Norman)
Subject: Wolf
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 07:00:57 GMT

For those who are interested, here is a brief plot summary of what would
happen in continuing chapters of Wolf.

Chris continues his mental transformation, having more and more violent
fantasies.  One night, one of the violent fantasies comes true.  After
being badly beaten up by Derek (tammy's boyfiend), he has a violent fantasy
about killing Derek while he and Tammy are out 'parking'.  In the fantasy,
Chris physically overpowers Derek, stabs him with a knife, defaces the body,
and then rapes Tammy.  In reality, he has undergone his transformation into
a werewolf, in this case a wolf with vaguely recognizable human qualities
(perhaps 90% wolf, 10% human).  He has in fact attacked Derek as a wolf, 
and also attacked Judy.  Their corpses are found, victems of another 
"killer wolf" attack.  Chris is also missing, the transformation is "one-way",
and he is now permanently trapped as a wolf.  His human intellect is also
destroyed.  In gutteral half-thoughts, the reader is made aware of Chris's
primal need to pass on the "seed" of lyncanthropy to a human host.  Working
off his half-remembered humanity, Chris unconciously chooses the person he
knows/cares about most as the ideal "host" (this is a recurring phenomena),
Andrew.

Meanwhile, Forge (a genious biologist who has encountered werewolves before
and now hunts them.  Forge is also insane, suffering from a major split 
personality disorder.  When he learns of a werewolf, he enters his
"hunter" persona who is totally ruthless and uncaring, willing to do anything
to get the wolf), has come to Meaford, hoping to kill the Werewolf.  When
Chris makes his move, Forge is waiting.  He has already determined that either
Andrew or Chris's parents are the most likely opponents (I may actually have
Chris kill his parents, to simplify things.  A werewolf will only pass on the
seed to a "worthy" host, and only people who have not ceased growing are worthy,
as lyncanthropy doesn't work on those whose bones have set), so he could kill
his parents for "personal" reasons (subconcious hostility).  Anyway, Chris moves
to attack Andrew instinctively, and Forge is waiting.  The wolf attacks Chris
in his home, wounds him, and then flees the scene.  Force tracks the Wolf, 
and kills it.  Forge then heads off to kill Andrew.  As he is carrying, openly,
a large calibur weapon, he is picked up by the police, and thus Andrew's life
is saved (Andrew is unaware of Forge's existance).  Andrew refuses to talk
about the Wolf attack, as he has sensed something supernatural and familiar
about Chris the wolf and he is frankly scared out of his mind.

Here things get a little less planned.  Andrew will make it to becoming a
Werewolf.  Forge is still in jail.  When he transforms, Andrew becomes a 
manlike Wolf (say 30% man, 70% wolf), retaining some slow human intelligence.
He chooses Bill as the ideal "host", his thoughts are revering and tribal,
like a primitive choosing the ideally pure saccrifice for a god.  Andrew
knows the Bill is hunting "the wolf" (Chris, since no one knows that the
Chris-Wolf is dead, a major wolf hunt has been organized).  Andrew ambushes
Bill, but is unable to get him.  He's shot several times, he then feigns 
death (though he isn't dead).  Seth goes over to investigate the "weird"
corpse, Andrew-Wolf attacks (the seed must be passed on, even if to an
unideal host).  Seth is bitten, Bill kills Andrew-Wolf (wolves lose their
survival instinct once they have passed on the seed).  Actually, lets hold that.
Or maybe not.  Nevermind, I'm confusing myself.  Andrew-Wolf takes all of
Bill's shells, including one in the head, but does not die (yes, Werewolves
are tough).  Once again, he feigns death while rapid regeneration heals
his internal organs.  As soon as he can, Andrew-Wolf escapes, and then commits
suicide somewhere (another instinct, once the seed has been passed, an
annoynymous death is desired).  No one believes the strange tales of Bill, 
Seth and Raven of the "strange wolf" that they fought and shot repeatedly.
They believe they encounted the wolf (Raven is wounded after all), but
not the other parts of the story.

Forge believes them.  He's escaped/been bailed by now.  He tells them all
about Werewolves.  He tells them because he's caught by Mike, aiming a rifle
at Seth's head.  Mike does not buy the story, and he turns Forge in (jail
time again).

A few days later Seth transforms (a true 50%/50% man/wolf).  He retains full
intelligence, plus incredible cunning).  He starts a true violent, unstopable,
untracible killing spree.  Seth (the man) disapeers.  Bill/Mike/Raven
start to beleive Forge's tales.  Bill gets another visitation from his
father.  Raven sees Seth in wolf-form (he also can't transform back of
course), from his window.  Seth talks to Raven, teasing him, boasting of
his "crimes".  "But don't worry Raven, I haven't chosen you to carry my
seed".  Raven has chosen Judy.  Forge busts out of jail, killing police in
the process (this has gone far enough, he needs to end the werewolf menace
NOW).  This time Bill/Raven/Mike are willing to listen.  They go hunting
for Seth.  In the battle, Seth wounds Raven, biting his hand.  Raven chops
off his own hand, immediately, with an axe, to stop the poison from spreading.
Seth-wolf escapes.  Being intelligent enough to understand his were-impulses,
Seth-wolf plans a more careful assault.  Taking Bill's mother prisoner, he
calls Bill on the telephone, telling only him to come (he has chosen Bill
to be host over Judy, as he knows Bill will come alone, while Judy will
not at any cost).  He attacks Bill, Forge and the others move in, 
Seth escapes again without causing any casualties.

At this point I'm not sure exactly what's going to happen.  Somehow, Seth
infects Bill without him knowing it.  Seth kills Raven in a big fight
with the group and is then killed.  A few days later, Bill transforms, 
he becomes a man-wolf (say 85% man, 15% wolf) who can pass for a man in dark
lighting.  He's hunted down (haven't figured out the specifics), but Mike dies,
leaving only Forge and Judy.  Forge leaves (the job is done, Bill didn't
infect anyone).  However, unknown to Forge, Bill and Judy were having sexual
relations by this time (before he transformed of course), and lyncanthropy 
can be transmitted sexually.  Thus, judy is a were wolf, though when she
transforms only close examination will reveal her differences from a normal
human.  She is pregnant with Bill's child, and a mother instinct that is an
aspect of lyncanthropy takes over.  She gives birth to a litter of four
wolves (each which is a pure wolf, carrying the were-wolf disease).

And thus, the cycle continues.

Well, there it is.  Any comments/criticisms are appreciated.  This is only
a rough summary, covering major events in the novel.  Many minor twists
(like psychological transformations, activities of the "intelligent" wolves, 
etc. have been left out).