Near the wild national forests of northeastern
Pennsylvania, a wolf girl is discovered hiding in a farmer’s barn. She is
dangerous, beautiful and can’t speak. Named “Candy” for the way she gobbles
down a chocolate bar, she is transferred to a treatment facility near
Pittsburgh. No one knows who Candy is or where she comes from, but the center
where she is interred begins round-the-clock psychiatric evaluation. Also, the
federal government is very interested in her for reasons which are not clear.
Jason is a human behavior specialist with his own practice
off the Main Line near Philadelphia. He’s always had a fascination with the
legend of feral children raised in the wild, such as Mowgli and Tarzan. He’s
suffering through a bitter divorce when he receives a job offer to become part
of the team which is examining “Candy Doe”. Jason travels to the center where
Candy is kept and immediately takes the job.
Months later, through the diligent efforts of Jason and
other people, Candy is able to learn human speech and live in a monitored
cottage on the center’s ground. But she’s still very much a wild creature, even
if she’s all-woman. Jason finds himself developing feelings for her which are
not professional. He worries if Candy has feelings for him. But he still can’t
figure out where she came from and how she ended up in the barn.
And why does the federal government
have such a deep interest in Candy?
Code Name Wolf Girl (Dark Fantasy)
By Timothy Mayer
K-Mark Publishing
ASIN #BO14VPK900
Price $0.99
48 Pages
Rating 3-Stars
The story starts when Josh Hollins discovers a wild girl
in his barn. He calls the county sheriff’s office, and Sheriff Chester Simms
arrives to capture the woman, but after a fierce struggle in which the farmer
almost loses an ear. Calling for the state police, Simms thinks a higher office
might be needed to handle this case. It isn’t long till the girl is placed in
an institution for study and evaluation at the bequest of Captain Arch
Saunders, an Army officer attached to some office in the government. Saunders
calls in Dr. Jason Moon, a behavior specialist to study the wolf girl, now
being called Candy.
Except for the action at the beginning of the story, there
is none afterwards, and the story moves at a slow pace. The only real characterization
is Jason Moon, the rest of the characters are really little more than names on
paper. The only thing of interest in the story is the study of feral children,
and the author talks about Tarzan and The Jungle Book through the eyes of Jason
Moon. To further complicate matters, the inside lists this as Book 1: “Wolf In
The Forest.” A story should have a beginning, middle, and end. This story has a
beginning and middle, but no ending. There is no conclusion or solution to
anything at the end of this story. The reader has to read Book 2 to see what
happens next. I found Book 1 quite boring, and the typos a distraction, so I
won’t be picking up Book 2. Unless the
reader is interested in the study of feral children, I see nothing else to
recommend the book for.
Tom Johnson
Author of PARTNERS IN CRIME
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