Jack Dwyer can see dead people, and they can see him. In fact, he has made a regular practice of communicating with his dead friend Artie from the Ghostlands, where Artie's spirit wanders. Artie helps keep Jack apprised of Prowler activity, and Jack, along with his sister, Courtney, and their friends, tracks these violent killers down and stops them.

Artie's latest piece of information is startling: a vicious beast known as the Ravenous is stalking the Ghostlands.

It's Jack's turn to help the endangered spirits -- without endangering himself. He's got some help from a woman who is not quite as young as she seems -- but the Ravenous has got his scent.

Meanwhile Jasmine, pack leader and dangerous hunter, has issued a hit on Jack and his friends. But if he consults his allies in the Ghostlands for help, Jack will attract the Ravenous. It's a double-edged sword -- and Jack's not sure he can avoid being cut....

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 3 reviews)

Keeps getting better!

Prowlers: Predator and Prey is the third gripping installment in Christopher Golden's series about three ordinary humans (and one who isn't ordinary or human) who hunt down the prowlers, amoral monsters who've stalked the world long before man came along. Prowlers are the creatures from whom the werewolf myth originated. Prowlers aren't supernatural; they don't have magical powers but they are ultra strong, ferociously fast, and very durable. And their main prey is man, who are their preferred choice of snacks. But they can be killed by normal means.

This time out, Jack Dwyer, his sister Courtney, Molly Hatcher, and Bill Cantwell face grave peril on two fronts. They must contend with an assassin contracted by the revenge-minded Jasmine, who is one of the very few prowlers to survive Jack Dwyer's decimation of Owen Tanzer's clan. This prowler assassin has ties with Bill Cantwell, but don't expect that to keep him from coldbloodedly earning his pay. Meanwhile, Artie's ghost pleads with Jack to help the Ghostlands denizens (ghosts who haven't passed on) against the Ravenous, a malignant, unstoppable creature who rippingly feeds on these lost souls. It gets even more desperate when Jack's prowler friend Bill Cantwell is kidnapped, leaving Jack, Molly, and Courtney all the more vulnerable.

Tension also springs up between Molly and Jack, who have finally started dating, when Molly finds out that Jack and Artie (who was Molly's boyfriend) are still in touch but haven't told her. This book also marks the return of Homicide Detective Jason Castillo, who's in on the prowler secret. And introduced here is the lovely Eden Hirsch, one of the few people who have been reincarnated time and again and who remembers every life she had led.

This series hasn't let me down yet. Golden again maintains the frenetic pace the reader has gotten used to in the prior two books. But, this time, the stakes are raised, the jeopardy elevated. The prowler assassin was no joke, but, man, the Ravenous is one mean supernatural mother; I'll just say that Jack wouldn't have been able to vanquish that monster if not for a very fortuitous event. And, even then, not every one of the regulars escapes unscathed. By the way, I've just began reading the fourth book, Prowlers: Wild Things, and it also promises to live up to the quality of the previous 3 page-turners.

If you enjoy the Prowler series, give Brian Lumley's Necroscope books a try, whose lead characters bear a similarity with Jack Dwyer in that they also interact with the dead. However, instead of werewolves, the Necroscope's main antagonists are vampires, and the stories there are more dire and vaster in scope. Great stuff. Needless to say (except I'm saying it anyway), the rest of Christopher Golden's work is also captivating stuff. Check it out.

August 26, 2006

Excellent and harrowing!

In the war against the Prowlers, a race of werewolf like creatures that cloak themselves in human skin, Jack Dwyer finds himself facing horrors in the real world and beyond it. Jasmine, the surviving member of Owen Tanzer's pack of Prowlers, has put a hit out on Jack and his friends and family. The hitman is far from human and very cunning. As Jack is trying to contend with this real world threat, Artie reaches out to him from the Ghostlands. Something called "The Ravenous" is killing spirits on the Otherside-- ripping their souls apart and consuming them--and he needs Jack's help in finding out how to stop it... Predator and Prey is the third in Golden's original series. I've been hooked since the first book and the series just gets better with each book. An outstanding horror/action series from an outstanding author. I can't wait until I get my hands on #4, due out in April!
February 10, 2002

It's time to prey...

A terrifying and deadly creature known as the Ravenous stalks the Ghostlands, and is murdering anyone within it before they can travel to their final destination. When Artie tells Jack of this piece of news, Jack is also aware that the Ravenous is more dangerous than any Prowler he's ever faced. When he barely escapes its clutches, he vows to somehow stop it-- knowing that Artie will be gone forever if this creature isn't stopped in time. But Jack also has to wonder if the truth about Artie be told to Molly, who isn't aware that Jack can see and talk to his dead best friend's ghost. He also has to worry about the constant threat of the murderous Prowlers that prey on innocent people. Even though Tanzer was killed, his successor, Jasmine, is the most dangerous Prowler there is to Jack, Molly, Courtney, Bill, and Artie -- and she may be anywhere, plotting to kill them again. Jack knows that he can take on the Prowlers if they attack him again. But what he doesn't know is that he is about to face his worst and most dangerous enemy in his life... Prowlers #3: Predator And Prey is the best yet of the Prowlers series, and also the most intense. It's action-packed and graphic, but aside from the horror, there lies a brilliant and cunning plot in this masterful third book of Christopher Golden's suspenseful series. I absolutely couldn't put it down.
February 04, 2002

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