Wyrm Wolf is a fiction novel about urban Garou in San Francisco. It is the second in a series of Werewolf: The Apocalypse novels published by HarperCollins.
Summary[]
The Wyrm, the ultimate evil, and all the twisted dark forces at its command once again awaken to feed on human souls and threaten the world with destruction — Father Oldman, a werewolf posing as a Catholic priest, runs a homeless shelter and soup kitchen in the "Tenderloin" area of San Francisco. When gruesome murders of the local homeless start occurring, he suspects it's the work of a werewolf, or "Garou", who has succumbed to the evils of the Wyrm.
From the Back Cover:
- The Wyrm Awakens
- Across the world it rises from the pits to hiss defiance, to roar vengeance. From the slime-thick depths, from the wind-blasted wastes, from the seas of debris and the rivers of poison, its twisted minions howl in answer.
- Just as Gaia is creator, the Wyrm is destroyer. Its victory shall be the end of all things.
- For eons we Garou have been the hunters, the predators. Now we shall know what is is like to be...the prey.
Contents[]
- Part I
- Chapters One - Chapter Seven
- Part II
- Chapter Eight - Chapter Eighteen
- Part III
- Chapter Nineteen - Chapter Twenty-Three
Background Information & Trivia[]
- This book was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in 1995.
- Many of the characters are from the Sept of the Western Eye and San Francisco, as featured in Caerns: Places of Power.
- The novel is a continuation of the short story, "A Wolf in Shepherd's Clothing" by Edo van Belkom, from the When Will You Rage? anthology.
- There are ads for other HarperPrism books at the back of the book, such as: A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (Ursula Le Guin), Love in Vein (Poppy Z. Brite), Anti-Ice (Stephen Baxter), Small Gods (Terry Pratchett), MtG: Arena (William R. Forstchen), Searoad (Ursula Le Guin), Caliban's Hour (Tad Williams), Wrath of God (Robert Gleason), The X-Files (Charles L. Grant), Dark Prince and The Unauthorized Trekkers' Guide To The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine (James Van Hise).
- This was Edo van Belkom's first written novel.
Memorable Quotes[]
- "Our greatest fight, our most bloody battle, is to survive alone in the world. Though Gaia and Luna turn their backs on us, we will survive. There will come a time when we are the only ones left, and then we will have won." - Shakespeare, Bone Gnawer Galliard Grandfather
- "Do not belittle that which you do not understand. Our ways are rooted in millennia of life among the Pure, but when the Apocalypse is hard upon us, we shall not fall to ignorance or inflexibility. We travel far to gather what aid there may be, and our ranks swell with every refugee who flees from the camp of the Enemy." - Kara Two-Nails, She-Who-Saw-The-Sky, Uktena Philodox
- "Before you two battle, I remind you that one of you will die. I ask you if this act is the legacy you wish to leave to the world that gave you birth. Would you see us go screaming to Malfeas because the Garou people are torn by self-disembowelment? Or will you summon the courage of your ancestors and find the Inner strength to place Gaia's wounds above your wounded pride?" - Selesti Calm-Bringer Children of Gaia Philodox
Characters[]
- Shakespeare - Quoted, Bone Gnawer Galliard Grandfather
- Kara Two-Tails, She-Who-Saw-The-Sky - Quoted, Uktena Philodox
- Selesti Calm-Bringer - Quoted, Children of Gaia Philodox
- Randall E. "Sully" Sullivan - Human, Died
- Father Wendel Oldman - Homid Children of Gaia Garou, Priest
- Mr. Kim - Human, Works at Jackson's Fruit and Vegetables
- Mrs. Kim - Human, Works at Jackson's Fruit and Vegetables
- Bernadine Daly - Human
- The General - Human, Died
- Sergeant Metzger - Human, Cop
- Alcina Williams, "L.C." - Human, Scott Mission's Cook
- Preston Parker - Oldman's assistant, Human who knows of the Garou, Priest
- Tony Campione - Human, Campione Party Rentals and Restaurant Supplies
- Eddie Carver - Human
- Marjorie Watts - Human
- Caroline Keegan - Female Human TV Reporter for Inside Affair, becomes an ally to Oldman and the Sept
- Regina DiMaio - Human, Regina Quilting Company
- Sam Barlow - Human, Assignment Editor for Inside Affair
- Michele - Human
- Jean-Louis Trudel - Human, Priest
- Father Rizzuto - Human, Priest
- John McLaren - Past, Thought to be a Children of Gaia Kinfolk
- Bongos - Bone Gnawer Leader, Garou
- Kurry - Bone Gnawer Garou
- Wave-Rider - Bone Gnawer Garou
- Michael Garrett - Human, Cop
- Detective Ben Chong - Human, Cop
- John Holt - Lupus Garou, Kenneth's Father, Died
- John Tersigni - Human, Caroline's Cameraman
- Randy Internet - Glass Walker Garou from Philadelphia
- Leonard "Lenny" Gateway - Son of Roland Gateway, Glass Walker Garou
- Roland Gateway - Don of the Glass Walkers in Philadelphia, Glass Walker Garou
- Sir Francis Drake - Past: Human
- John Muir - Past: Kinfolk
- May - Human, Died
- Frank - Human St. Vincent de Paul Society
- Curtis Richards - Human
- Dr. Sheldon Katz - Human, Doctor
- Leger - Human, Cardinal
- Wingnut, "The Homeless Killer" - Exiled Jackal-like Bone Gnawer Garou, Thrall of the Wyrm, Rite of the Blackball, Died
- The Sept of the Western Eye Members:
- Celeste Snowtop
- Hot Eye
- Able Heart
- Tim Rowantree
- March Lion
- Sharon Morning Cloud
- Silent-Fist-That-Wins
- Sylvia Wood Runner - Female Uktena Garou Earth Guide
- Wilson Fallingleaves - Garou
- Dale Talons - Garou
- Jimmy Stopheart - Garou
- Brings-Green-To-Grass - Uktena Garou
- William Skytoucher - Children of Gaia Garou
- Adam Stargazer - Elder Garou
- Raven Head - Uktena Garou
- Faster-Than-Fox - Female Lupus Garou
- Kenneth Holt, "Ken" - Kinfolk
- Hawk-Sees-the-Sun - Past: Uktena Garou who created the Caern
Terminology[]
Anthem of War, Ape, Ape Shit, Apocalypse, Augusta (Loc.), Bawn, Bone Gnawers, Boston, Caern, California, Call to Hunt, Call to Succor, Cambodia, Campione Party Rentals and Restaurant Supplies, The Candle in the Window (Victorian Home), Cataclysm, Chicago, Children of Gaia, Chinatown (SF), The City Lights Bookshop, Crinos, Curse of Ignominy, Dacia, Delirium, Driftwood Community Center, Earth Guide, Fetish, First Change, Gaia, Galliard, Garou, Gatekeeper, Glabro, Glass Walker, Glyphs, Graves of Hallowed Heroes, Guardian, Guatemala, Haight-Ashbury, Harano, Harlock (Loc.), Hispo, Homid (Breed), Homid (Form), Honor, Hotel Jefferson, Howl of Mockery, Hungary, Hymn of Praise, Idaho, Jackson's Fruit and Vegetables, Keeper of the Land, Kin/Kinfolk, King Palace (Restaurant), Klaive, Laos, Litany, Los Angeles, Luna, Lupus (Breed), Lupus (Form), Mages, Maine, Malfeas, Master of the Challenge, Master of the Rite, Monkeys, Moon-Calf, Mount Tamalpais, Muir Woods, New Brunswick, New York, Nob Hill, Pack, Penn's Fender and Body Shop, Philadelphia, Philippines, Philodox, The Princess Café, Quebec, Rage, The Rage Pages by Bongos (Chapbook), Regina Quilting Company, Renown, Rite, Rite of the Blackball, Rite of Remembrance, Romania, San Diego, San Francisco, Sausalito, Scott Mission, Scott Ranch, Sept, Sept of the Western Eye, Silver, Souls, Spirit, Spirit World, Spreckels Lake, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Sunrise Restaurant, Tenderlion, Texas, Thrall of the Wyrm, Toronto, Transylvania, Tribe, Uktena, United States, Veil, Vesuvio Bar, Vietnam, Waco, Wail of Foreboding, Werewolf/Werewolves, Wyld, Wyrm,
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