Cherie Black | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Kitsune. Werewolves. Crane wives. Selkies. Every culture has stories of suchstrange creatures — animals turning into humans, humans shapeshifting intoanimals. Sometimes seductive, sometimes bloodthirsty, but always unpredictablelike nature itself, these beings are manifestations of our secret hearts, ourdesire to belong to both worlds: one tame and civilized, the other unfetteredand full of wild impulse. Here are stories that will make you wish you couldhowl at the moon until your heart bursts with longing or feel yourself sheddingyour human body as easily as a snake sheds its skin. Beware the night...it mightnot kill you, but it will certainly steal you away!