dialethia's review
4.0
My favorite thing about UNCLE, be it the novels or the TV episodes, is that they never quite end up where you expect them to. In this case, I was consistently and pleasantly surprised with the supernatural becoming the digitally unnatural and back to the supernatural again. THRUSH's motive seemed a bit weak, but the romping through mysterious mountain castles and chasing superstitions and werewolves through the countryside quite made up for it. The best part is almost certainly Illya and Napoleon's unwillingness to admit their belief in the supernatural and their backhanded attempts to reassure each other and themselves that everything is Logical, Rational, and Fine. (Illya carving crosses into his bullets was a nice touch.) McDaniel's works have consistently been my favorite of the UNCLE tie-in writers, and this one doesn't really disappoint at all, especially with the playful 'was it really' ending that had me actually laughing.
trin's review
4.0
Very silly, very fun. Illya autopsies a wolf. There are secret passages and caves. There is banter. There's also a very weird friend-of-author insert -- so transparent that I recognized it for what it was without knowing the person in question. (Some '60s SFF/horror magazine guy -- not my area of expertise.) But whatever. Snarky wolf autopsy. I got what I came for.
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