The Friday Face-Off was created by Books by Proxy, where each week bloggers can showcase books with covers centered around a weekly theme. You can visit Lynn’s Books for a list of upcoming themes. Join in the fun each Friday by finding a book whose cover is based on the theme!
This week’s theme: “He had killed man, the noblest game of all, and he had killed in the face of the law of club and fang.” – A cover featuring a wolf or wolves.
One of my favorite werewolf books is The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan. It was raw, bloody, sexy and unlike anything I had ever read at the time. It’s the start of a trilogy, and I don’t think I ever read the other two books. But now that I’m featuring this, I’m sort of interested! Most of these covers are “sans wolf” and actually this book would have been perfect for a “moon” prompt (have we done that yet?) but here you go:
Knopf 2011 (US edition) | German edition 2013
Serbian edition 2011 | Finnish edition 2013
Dutch edition 2013 | Polish edition 2012
French edition 2013 | Italian edition 2013
Hands down, my favorite is the German edition, although this doesn’t really look like a wolf to me. Maybe an Irish Wolfhound! I think that’s why I love it so much. Puppy!!!
I’m going with the German addition too. None of the others really grab my attention.
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I like the German edition too. Of course, I’m always drawn to wolves on covers. I think I tried to read this once but didn’t finish for some reason. Maybe I should give it a go.
I’m glad it’s a great book – I love your description of it, but it may be a bit too graphically horrorific for my taste? I’m with you and Laura – it’s the German cover. Although I was quite taken with the French effort, as I love the cover and the idea that the moon was reflected in the wolf’s eye – but given they put in the radiating red lines like the iris of an eye, the moon should be in the middle of that image. And it looks wrong that it isn’t… Have a good weekend, Tammy!
I like the one with the wolf and the Polish one with the claw marks.
I really love the Serbian cover! It feels so atmospheric. 🙂
Excellent choice! It does sound intriguing too. 😮
These are all great covers. I haven’t heard of this trilogy, but I’ll have to give it a try. I’m partial to the 2011 Serbian cover most. There’s just something about that giant moon with the cityscape below. Have a great weekend!
I think you nailed it with the book cover. That book, however, sounds really interesting. I will have to read more about it. Ok, well I hope you have a great day and enjoy the weekend.
There is no doubt that the German edition offers the most striking cover: that single gleaming eye is quite powerful!
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I’ve seen this one around and have always wondered about whether or not I should check it out… and I think i should now! I have to say that I really like the German one as well! Though I do agree it looks maybe more Irish Wolfhound-like with wiry-looking fur (I love Wolfhounds!). I like the Italian edition as well, though I must say it looks more like a fox to me, haha.
I agree with your pick!!! That is a great cover <3
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Hands down – this is defo my favourite too. I love it.
Lynn 😀
I have this one but haven’t gotten around to it yet. I feel like the US cover is too simple, like they didn’t even try. I think I would’ve liked the Polish one best if they had just used the scratches and one full moon behind some clouds or something. It would’ve been very classic werewolf. But I do like the one you chose!
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I really like the Polish version. But the German one is really great too and striking!
Yep, as soon as I saw that cover, I knew that one would be my favorite too! Love the intensity of the wolf’s gaze.
The Polish cover gives me the shivers. It’s kinda spooky.
The German edition is my favorite too. There’s just something abut that wolf’s eye that I can’t tear my own eyes away from.