(CNN) -- Werewolves are usually the stuff of B-movies and bad novels, but last year British author Glen Duncan did the unthinkable in literary circles, crafting a howling good tale out of the weary werewolf myth. The result was the best-selling thriller "The Last Werewolf." Critics and readers happily devoured the darkly comic novel. In the book, Jake Marlowe, a 200-year-old lonely lycanthrope, believes himself to be the last of his kind until he meets Talulla Demetriou. It's your classic tale of boy meets girl, except this pair turn into werewolves, battle vampires and fall in love. While their relationship came to a tragic and bloody end, Demetriou returns in Duncan's eagerly awaited sequel, "Talulla Rising."Glen Duncan releases his second werewolf novel this week: "Talulla Rising"Duncan got the inspiration for the series during a drunken New Year's celebrationThe novelist predicts his next book will feature: "Sex, violence, jokes, philosophy, love, death."
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