upon the losses in his life. This complex persona cuts across all of Zelazny’s writings. . . . Jane Lindskold takes a different view and gives James Wiley as an example of an ordinary person "who is forced into action by extraordinary circumstances". It is difficult to call a werewolf ordinary, but he does not fit the heroic protagonist, and his boyish nature is emphasized throughout the story. Like any boy with siblings, James struggles with the idea that his younger sister and Barry share secrets with adults, deeming him too immature to share these secrets. A hero would not have such limitations, as James does: "It seems that I am destined always to be surrounded by secrets—and not to be in on most of them". He later complains indignantly to Becky: ”Everybody knows stuff I don’t!”. . .”Even you! And you’re a lot younger! How come Dad told you all this stuff when he didn’t tell me?” Despite being a werewolf, James is in other respects a 14-year-old boy. Publication history References Bibliography In External links 1987 novels 1987 science fiction novels Novels by Roger Zelazny