Red Moon

Red Moon

by Benjamin Percy

Red Moon Benjamin Percy Grand Central Publishing 2014 545 pages ISBN 978-1455501656 Percy uses the werewolf as a stand-in to explore issues of xenophobia, the treatment of marginalized groups, terrorism, and out of control nationalism. A prion disease induces lycanthropy in a minority of the population who find themselves facing extermination. The nature of humanity, what it means to be free, and political conflict are played out on a world-spanning canvas. The writing is exceptional. Red Moon in an ambitious work that goes far beyond a small-scale, intimate focus. If broad implication, world-scale storytelling is your thing, this novel delivers a thought-provoking epic.