Review: Shape-shifters, mermaids, unicorns and more...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 5, 2012
After civilization has been destroyed, mankind rediscovers skills forgotten by generations, the ability to shape-shift, read minds, or fly.  Survivors band into safe communities and evolve their own rules.  When a shape-shifting wolf/man is cast out of his tribe, he struggles to survive alone.  Mason finds sanctuary in an ocean cove and slowly builds new relationships with another shape-shifter dolphin/woman and a boy suffering from radiation poisoning.  Mason learns more about his own skills and his role in saving his people from a future catastrophe.  His lover cannot leave the ocean but Mason must make the arduous journey back to his tribe and deliver an important message.The author's beautiful prose and imaginative storyline brings this tale to life.  She makes the reader understand how a wolf hunts and see an underwater world.  The story may be filled with "magical beings" but it's set in our own future.  It's not the typical werewolf story, nor is it entirely a bleak Mad Max type of world.  There is hope and redemption for people who can learn to adapt and accept love and kindness.I searched out a novel featuring wolves and I was delighted with this novel.  I recommend the book to anyone who loves animals and imagines what it would be like to become one.  This may be the first story of a series, but each book stands alone.  I am currently reading the second book and so far the characters don't repeat.