Werehunter

by Mercedes Lackey

An anthology features stories of a woman transformed into a leopard and pursued by a hunter who is more than human, a gathering of romance writers that has a very unusual vampire in its midst, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671578057
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Baen
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.0" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Attention, Diana Tregarde fans...

If you're hard up for a Diana Tregarde investigation (Lackey won't write them anymore), you're in luck! *Two* Tregarde stories can be found herein (short, but we take what we can get)."Werehunter" - A young woman from our world, swept through a gate into High Hallack, finds that she has the powers of those of Were blood - she takes the shape of a wildcat. We find out a bit about how Kildas, one of the 12 *other* brides taken by the Were riders, fared after Gillan and Herrel left the Towers in _Year of the Unicorn_."SKitty", "A Tail of Two SKitties, SCat", "A Better Mousetrap" - These tales appeared separately in various volumes of _Catfantastic_. The basic idea is based on the old tale of Dick Whittington - how he became a wealthy man, when all he could invest in a shipping venture was his cat. These 4 stories are much better than the source material, though. Meet the CatsEye Company ship Brightwing - more specifically, the shipscat SKitty and her handler, Dick White. All of them revolve around Brightwing's new contract to trade with the Lacu'un.Shipscats have to be smart enough to stay out of trouble - so they've been bioengineered to give them greater intelligence, and front paws resembling hands (and in SKitty's case, a wildcard - she's also telepathic, at least with Dick). One consequence - *nobody* envies Dick's job of looking after SKitty's occasional litters of kittens, since a kitten has only 2 neurons - one to keep the body moving at warp speed, and the other to get it into trouble. "You SWORE to me you weren't in heat when I let you out to hunt!" "I lie.""The Last of the Season" - The slimebucket protagonist has the perfect cover for his activities as a murderous child molester - he's the ice cream man. His only concern is that his activities are seasonal - he can only stalk children safely during the warm season, when an ice cream vendor can blend into the scenery. But Molly, the little girl who is 'the last of the season', turns out to be his undoing."Satanic, Versus" - Diana Tregarde *does* have a day job - and her agent Morrie has persuaded her that, as a member of Romance Writers of the World, she should attend their Halloween costume party. (Andre suggested the Avengers costumes; he vetoed her idea of going as a witch and a vampire, since it's not 'come-as-you-are.') Morrie also wants them there as an escape hatch for another writer - Robert Harrison, who's looking a bit wild-eyed by the time he meets them, having been shanghaied by Morrie to escort another, newly-divorced writer. Dangling a presentable, single man in front of the RWW crowd - can we say, "drumstick in a school of pirahna"? (And yes, this is *the* Robert Harrison, from _Stalking the Night Fantastic_. When an emergency pops up, it's hilarious to watch him and Diana *both* step in to handle it, neither one knowing what the other is.)"Nightside" - The first Diana Tregarde story to be written; it later grew up to become the novel _Children of the Night_. (It turns out

Enthralling, a wonderful display of Misty's talent

Besides the Free Bard series, this was one of the first of Mercedes Lackey's books I had ever read, and it got me hooked. After reading this book, I was so eager to read anything I could of her books that I went out and collected every single one of her Valdemar books. The stories are exciting, and so different from each other that you never know what to expect. From the dark, haunting stories of vampires and kidnapping, to the exciting magic of fantasy worlds, to the Grey stories, which reminded me of "A Little Princess", her stories will capture your imagination and keep you fascinated until the end.

Another excellent reading experience!!!

Loved all these short stories. It was great to find out some background information about Alberich (Valdemar character). Dick & SKitty, etc. are wonderful! A novel about them is definitely needed!! Please, please write quicker Misty, I can hardly wait for the next one.....

Didn't want to put it down, couldn't wait to get back to it.

I love Skitty and Scat. Would definitely like to read more about their adventures. Werehunters was a new twist. Thoroughly intriguing. I would read it again.

Excellent!! A must read for Vademar fans!!

I enjoyed most of the short stories in this book, but it would have been worth the money just to read the Valdemar story. For those of you who have read all the Valdemar books, especially Arrows of the Queen, you need to read this story. It doesn't exactly clear up questions, but it's a story I've wanted to read since I've read those books. I bought the book and read the Valdemar story fist, then went back and re-read it. Now my best friend has the book to read and she has enjoyed it as much as I.