War of the Werelords (Wereworld)
Jobling brings his Wereworld series to a close with lots of blood-spattered action and much-needed explication—a practical necessity, considering the mare’s nest of storylines and an eight-page cast list. Amid a welter of narrowly averted disasters, joyous reunions, much chewing of flesh and scenery, and duels and major battles, werewolf Drew succeeds at last in his double aim of repelling his homeland’s invaders and bringing the long dominion of humans by his fellow shape-changing therianthropes to an end. Though the only real surprise here is the sudden death of a central figure. The plethora of living and undead werebeasts—from wolves to sharks and even a woolly mammoth—gives the saga a distinctive character. Grades 5-7. --John Peters