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Lushly written with rich and vivid characters, SANTA OLIVIA is Jacqueline Carey's take on comic book superheroes and the classic werewolf myth. Loup Garron was born and raised in Santa Olivia, an isolated, disenfranchised town next to a US military base inside a DMZ buffer zone between Texas and Mexico . A fugitive "Wolf-Man" who had a love affair with a local woman, Loup's father was one of a group of men genetically-manipulated and used by the US government as a weapon. The "Wolf-Men" were engineered to have superhuman strength, speed, sensory capability, stamina, and a total lack of fear,…
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3 editions- Audiobook · English · 2009Tantor Audio · 9781400112524
- Ebook · English · 2009Grand Central Publishing · 9780446551410
- Other · English · 2009Grand Central Pub. · 9780446198172
FictionMilitary occupationWomen heroesFantasyFiction, science fiction, generalFiction, fantasy, generalUnited states, fiction