Shadow of the Hawk (Wereworld)
Plotlines and were-creatures proliferate as the gore continues to spray over the pages of this third Wereworld episode. On a tide of vicious battles, grisly murders, attacks from the undead, and displays of necromancy, Drew, last of his lupine clan, gathers an army of escaped were-gladiators and another of long-dispersed Hawklords to resist the invading Catlords and Doglords who have robbed him of his rightful throne. There are still plainly thousands of pages to go before his inevitable triumph, but there’s enough spilled blood and shape changing here to appease the most demanding fans of either. Grades 5-7. --John Peters