Finalist of the Shirley Jackson Award, Bram Stoker Award, This Is Horror Award, Locus Awards and Grand Prix de l`Imaginaire. Best book of the year according to TOR.COM and BOOK RIOT. This is a story about the growing up of an unusual boy whose family lives on the margins of society and struggling to survive in a hostile world that shuns and fears them. He is an outsider, like his aunt and uncle, a half-breed beggar. He has to decide who he will ultimately become, what will prevail in him. His life is an eternal escape, one step ahead of the law and people with pitchforks and torches. Everything is about to change, and the old family stories, which the boy considered fairy tales, will turn out to be true, bloody and toothy... “At the same time, a wolf run through the forest of family history, and a rich collection of old and new knowledge about werewolves.” – Christopher Buehlman “It’s like Holden Coldfield stepping into a classic horror movie.” – Kirkus “Do you remember when you wanted to be a werewolf?” – Josh Malerman