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'''Benighted''' is a 2006 [[werewolf]] novel by [[Kit Whitfield]]; as [[Tananarive Due]] said, "''Benighted'' ... is a[n] examination of prejudice, as seen through the lens of the werewolf novel." | '''Benighted''' is a 2006 [[werewolf]] novel by [[Kit Whitfield]]; as [[Tananarive Due]] said, "''Benighted'' ... is a[n] [[Metaphoric and alien race and racism|examination of prejudice]], as seen through the lens of the [[werewolf]] novel." | ||
The story is told from the perspective of [[Lola Galley]], a 28-year-old "bareback" (member of the 3% mutant non-lycanthrope population). | |||
* [http://www.kitwhitfield.com/thebook.html Description at KitWhitfield.com] | |||
Excerpt: | |||
: Biology is destiny. | |||
: For those born feet-first, life is normal. Civil rights are enshrined in law, the world is a comfortable place, and every full moon night, you lock yourself in a secure room to fur up in peace. But for those born head-first, the damage done is more than just physical. For a non, locked in his or her human skin, is first and foremost a conscript, drafted at eighteen into DORLA, the Department for the Ongoing Regulation of Lycanthropic Activity. | |||
: For a DORLA agent, insultingly referred to as a 'bareback', full moon creates a battle zone, where they patrol the silent night in search of citizens breaking the curfew. The rest of the month is a civil service nightmare, mopping up the after-effects of the trespasses, the fights and the maulings. DORLA has lasted centuries, since the Inquisition first set it up, and it's no less hated now than it was then. | |||
: Lola Galley, twenty-eight and already a scarred veteran, is assigned to defend a curfew-breaker who mutilated a good friend of hers. She doesn't want the case, but she's used to doing things she doesn't want. Only something happens: her maimed friend is murdered before her client can be tried. | |||
: Lola wants justice. She'll settle for the truth. But in a divided world, asking for the truth may bring answers that you don't want to hear | |||
[[Category:Novels]] | [[Category:Novels]] | ||
[[Category:2006 publications]] | [[Category:2006 publications]] | ||
[[Category:Works featuring werewolves]] | [[Category:Works featuring werewolves]] | ||
Revision as of 04:54, 30 March 2007
Benighted is a 2006 werewolf novel by Kit Whitfield; as Tananarive Due said, "Benighted ... is a[n] examination of prejudice, as seen through the lens of the werewolf novel."
The story is told from the perspective of Lola Galley, a 28-year-old "bareback" (member of the 3% mutant non-lycanthrope population).
Excerpt:
- Biology is destiny.
- For those born feet-first, life is normal. Civil rights are enshrined in law, the world is a comfortable place, and every full moon night, you lock yourself in a secure room to fur up in peace. But for those born head-first, the damage done is more than just physical. For a non, locked in his or her human skin, is first and foremost a conscript, drafted at eighteen into DORLA, the Department for the Ongoing Regulation of Lycanthropic Activity.
- For a DORLA agent, insultingly referred to as a 'bareback', full moon creates a battle zone, where they patrol the silent night in search of citizens breaking the curfew. The rest of the month is a civil service nightmare, mopping up the after-effects of the trespasses, the fights and the maulings. DORLA has lasted centuries, since the Inquisition first set it up, and it's no less hated now than it was then.
- Lola Galley, twenty-eight and already a scarred veteran, is assigned to defend a curfew-breaker who mutilated a good friend of hers. She doesn't want the case, but she's used to doing things she doesn't want. Only something happens: her maimed friend is murdered before her client can be tried.
- Lola wants justice. She'll settle for the truth. But in a divided world, asking for the truth may bring answers that you don't want to hear