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Title: I Am the Night
Subtitle: The Alpha Wolf, Book 2
Author: Slade Grayson
Narrator: K Orion Fray
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-04-17
Publisher: Vintage City Publishing
Genres: Fiction, Horror
Publisher's Summary:
Don't call it a sequel. It's a continuation. A new season. It's the next chapter in the story that began in Autumn Moon. The events in Autumn Moon left Rev. Drake Burroughs a changed man. He's a shapeshifter now - a werewolf - and he's hell-bent on tracking down the remainder of the shapeshifter pack that killed his congregation. Salacia, the former mate of an Alpha Wolf, has been running from Drake for a year. Now she's taken the fight back to Drake's hometown. Salacia thinks it will give her an advantage. But there's something Salacia, and Drake, didn't count on: A clan of vampires have made Drake's hometown their hunting ground. Drake thought shapeshifters were monsters. He's about to find out there are much worse things in the world than he ever imagined. I Am the Night isn't a horror novel, and it's not a suspense novel. It's a horror/action movie with werewolves, vampires, fangs, claws, and lots and lots of blood. I Am the Night is the unauthorized sequel to Autumn Moon.
Members Reviews:
Same Intriguing World, Shift In Perspective
I loved Autumn Moon. In a genre where there just arenât that many good stories, it shines as an example of the werewolf taleâs potential. Autumn Moon demonstrates how to tell a deeply human werewolf story in a fascinating, alluring world rich with mythos and intrigue.
I Am The Night does something else entirely.
Rooted in the Autumn Moon framework, I Am The Night continues the narrative of Drake Burroughs, but like Drake, the novelâs nature has evolved. This one puts Drake in the spotlight and focuses on his struggles in the aftermath of the first book.
Drake has changed, and the core of Slade Graysonâs storytelling has changed, too.
I think thatâs what strikes me the most here: the theme of change. In most werewolf stories, the idea of shapeshifting into the wolf is the central conflict. When the full moon rises and the werewolf loses control, what if he hurts someone? Wouldnât it be tragic, especially, if itâs someone he loves?
For Drake, though, the wolf is more a manifestation of his true self, skin heâs more comfortable in. I feel like part of Autumn Moonâs point is this man of God has always been a wolf, and now when he changes, thereâs the idea that, even when he was human, that wolf was there inside him all along.
That theme comes full circle in I Am The Night.
As much as anything, then, I Am The Night is about the struggle to be human when the truth is itâs in your nature not to be. Itâs about Drake struggling not to hurt someone as he moves among people and attempts to blend in.
As a foil to that idea, Slade introduces vampires to his universe, and before you groan because you immediately associate vampires with sparkling skin and teenage love, these vampires are amazingly original and terrifying. Whereas thereâs something regal and beautiful about the shapeshifters in this world, the vampires are twisted, horrid, and repulsive monstrosities. They are absolutely vile creatures, and if Drakeâs struggle is in living among humans, theyâve let it all go and enjoy living on the fringes while preying on the meek. In some ways, the vampires are like insects, living within the walls of society, in the dark places, and feeding on whatever they can get.
Even as I Am The Night simplifies, it ups the ante.
