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The Orphan

Robert Stallman (1980)

SubgenreDark Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesBook of the Beast #1
Setting
CSM age16
Goodreads3.97

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Protagonist archetypes

ShapeshifterOrphanDual Nature

Synopsis

From the back cover of Timescape Books paperback March 1980: THE BEAST PROWLED IN THE NIGHT, a wild-eyed, five clawed creature with a taste for blood. But the strange ways of destiny changed his form. When he found he could be human, he became little Robert, hid in a barn and was adopted by a farm family. Robert had his own will and wanted to stay human. Still the beast arose unbidden, shifting form without warning. Neither beast nor child could conceal the danger, as their dual nature threatened to reveal itself, to destroy their cover -- and to leave them at the mercy of forces unknown!

Tags

HorrorPsychological FantasyTransformation Tale