
The Wehrwolf
A Short Story
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Narrated by:
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Jim Boeven
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By:
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Alma Katsu
Alma Katsu, the visionary author of The Fervor, The Hunger, and The Deep, brings readers a terrifying short story about monsters among men—and the thin lines that divide them.
Germany, 1945. In the waning days of World War II, the Nazis have been all but defeated. Uwe Fuchs, never a fighter, feels fortunate to have avoided the front lines as he cared for his widowed mother.
But Uwe’s fortune changes when Hans Sauer, the village bully, recruits him to join a guerilla resistance unit preparing for the arrival of Allied soldiers. At first, Uwe is wary. The war is lost, and rumor has it that Hans is a deserter. But Hans entices him with talk of power, brutality, and their village’s ancestral lore: werewolves.
With some reluctance, Uwe joins up with the pack and soon witnesses their startling transformation. But when the men’s violent rampage against enemy soldiers takes a devastatingly personal turn, Uwe must grapple not only with his role in their evil acts but with his own humanity. Can he reclaim what this group of predatory men has stolen from him?
Or has he been a monster all along?
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A cautionary tale for our times
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Enjoyable short story.
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In continuously shrinking Nazi Germany, 1945, the arrival of Allied soldiers is all but guaranteed. Uwe just seeks to keep his town safe, so when the town’s bully, Hans, offers him the ability to protect his family, as well as grow powerful, the allure is too great to say no.
In a short story that apparently follows the typical styling of the author (this is a first for me from them) we see the true transformation between man and monster. What drives man to evil, and how sometimes the transformation isn’t all that difficult. Everyday citizens turn into monsters, in this one, literal werewolves. In no time, regardless of what ‘skin’ they’re wearing, the transformation is permanent.
Personally a 4/5* for me. The German accent for the narration was great.
A bleak look at human nature
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However once you start to listen and I mean listen, it becomes a message from our past of how easily humans can & are transformed into Monsters.
There is so much to absorb in this short novel. The afterwords made a huge impression!
Listen/Remember
Scary & Real
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With expectations about as low as they could get, I am beyond thrilled at how good this novella was! The war was barely window dressing to the story, and didn't punch the reader in the face with its "message." (Yes, nazis bad, ho hum ho hum...) The author's note at the end about 6 January was more relevant to the plot. THANK YOU, ALMA KATSU!
This is a classic story of good versus evil, who decides which is which, and what lines need to be crossed (or avoided) for a person to believe they are still right.
Excellent story and narration
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Chilling Tale of Monsters
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Great narration with accents.Well recommended.
The Wehrwolfes of Germany
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Unique Werewolf Story
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Good story, ridiculous afterword
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Great story
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