For the audacity to write about a Russian werewolf working for the British Secret Service who is fighting the Nazi's and managing to make it work I give this a solid 4 stars. This will not win any literary awards but it was a fantastic pulp fiction novel - something so rare to find. I was engrossed by the back story of how this all came about and it was definitely a page-turner. If you have a long plane flight or journey to go on and don't want a high brow read I strongly recommend this book.

After reading the blurb of this book I am not sure what was I expecting from this book. I have not read a lot of World War and spy books, the only plus point of this book to me was that the lead of the book was a werewolf. I have read McCammon’s Boy’s Life which is one of my all time favorites, and I wanted to read more books by him so I picked this, a decision I am never going to regret.

Wolf’s Hour tells us the story of Michael Galletine, a British spy, during the World War II. He has all the traits essential and necessary to be a master spy but his biggest strength is to be able to shape shift into a Werewolf when the situation calls for. Michael has said goodbye to secret services until he has to accept a mission for which he has to travel all the way to Germany and uncover a top Nazi experiment.

Mr McCammon also told us how Mikahil, a young Russian boy became a werewolf and later turned himself into Michael, a topmost British spy. Mikahil and Michael both were great but my heart went out for the child Mikhail and how he struggled to accept all the changes that comes with being a Werewolf. How he learned to live in a pack and how he earned the respect of his fellow pack members was truly a heart-warming story, a part which I enjoyed much more than Michael’s.

World War and Werewolf is not a combination that looks very promising at first time and that's what I had thought but this book simply blew me away. Mr McCammon’s way of telling story is just so good. Every adventure of Michael’s life, be it from his childhood or his very secretive spy life, is told in beautiful words that made me kept turning pages after pages.

the other thing that rocked me to the core was atrocities of War and how it was effecting the lives of normal people. Some of the events described in books were absolutely brutal.

I truly enjoyed reading this book and will recommend it to everyone.

“What is the lycanthrope, in the eye of God?”

Let me start this by stressing my undying love for werewolves. Lycanthropy lore is one of my absolute favorite subjects to study, so much so that I even took a college class centered around it. I’m always on the lookout for quality lycanthrope novels, and I must say—this is one of the best werewolf stories that I’ve ever read.

Another favorite literary setting of mine is WWll. McCammon marries the two so beautifully, and wartime Europe is the perfect backdrop to tell Mikhail/Michael’s story. What always elevates werewolf stories is when we can resonate both with the wolf and the man. As always, McCammon writes like he’s telling the story of a good friend, and he was right there the entire time. As I said on Twitter, finishing this book felt like saying goodbye to my closest friend. Thankfully there is another book that follows Michael, and I will be reading that immediately! 🖤

I actually read this book a few years before and am only just getting to rating it.

Ummm. . . Where do I begin? This is an amazing book for werewolf fans. If you want a different experience from the Twilight werewolves, The Wolf's Hour is an amazing combination of deadly, sexy and supernatural.

I can't say I hated it, but I didn't like it much either. Really predictable, but great action sequences.

“Truth is like fire, Mikhail,” he said. “It either heals or it destroys. But it never—never—leaves what it touches unchanged.” His head slowly swiveled, and he stared at the boy. “Can you stand the flames of truth, Mikhail?” -- In my mind, I added piercing eyes and a mullet hair toss. So cheesy.

The story has two parts, Michael the British spy out to take down the Nazis, and the other half a sort of coming-of-age story about his early days as a young werewolf. My favorite parts of the book were the younger years and the non-stop Indiana Jones-style action in the other half. There was one scene that was straight up from Raiders of the Lost Ark, but I won't spoil it.

All the parts in-between were horribly predictable and overdone to the point I just started skimming and thought about ditching it. Overall, it was just too long. Lots of time was devoted to examples of evil Nazis and how they were either really smart or really stupid, whichever to support the storyline at the moment. So, pretty typical of an 80s action movie, I'm just bored with that. Also, I pretty much hated all the female characters and the multitudes of sex scenes were cringy.

So, some parts were a 5 for me, and some was a 1. So 3, here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

Read this 20 years ago, during a short-lived period of interest in horror/fantasy. it was OK, being a sort of pulp fiction novel of a master spy/werewolf during WWII, fighting against the Nazi's. Wouldn't really recommend it to anyone though...there are far better ways to spend your time.

too much action, not really my type of book, was expect a horror novel its more of a spy action book.

I am not really a fan of mystical creature books, however Robert McCammon's Wolf's Hour is one that I really like to read. The fact that he intertwined the story of a werewolf with WWII/Nazi Germany made it a really suspenseful read and it's a book I can read again and again.

After reading the synopsis, I honestly wasn't prepared for the book to be this good.
It's not as horror and gore-y as Swan Song, but it's a great page-turning historical thriller with supernatural elements.
You care about the characters, you enjoy the action and are actually invested in the plot, even if it does sound a bit like a B-movie script that could star Nicholas Cage.
It's the best book I read this year so far, McCammon really knows how to write stuff that keeps you saying "just one more chapter". The sequel/prequel is even better, both are very underrated.