However, his life comes crashing down after he is unable to deal with the trauma of the brutal murder of his lover in North Africa. An immigrant success story, he moves from living in Russia’s remote forests to becoming an elite spy for the British spy agencies. The flashbacks to his life in Russia before and after a werewolf bit him provide valuable insights into his motivations. As a boy, he lived with his parents with his parents and sister in Russia and was witness to their brutal murder. He is forced to quit the service, when he finds his lover shot in bed by a German spy. As a former spy, he had worked in North Africa during World War II helping the allies take over the important region, which had been occupied by Nazi forces.

Each novel gives more insights into Gallatin’s personality and motivations, allowing the reader to connect with the character. The novel follows Michael as he comes out of his quiet retirement and parachutes into Paris as a spy. We are first introduced to Michael Gallatin in the 1989 novel, The Wolf Hour. The novels center on Michael’s work as a retired British spy asked to come out of retirement to infiltrate occupied Paris before D-Day.

The character Michael Gallatin is the protagonist in two of McCammon’s most popular series of novels – The Michael Gallatin Series. A popular author in the genre, McCammon published his first novel Baal in 1978, and has gone on to publish numerous titles and series that have achieved commercial success. Robert McCammon is an American novelist famous for his works in the American horror genre. Michael Gallatin, the protagonist in Robert McCammon novels is a British spy who also happens to be a werewolf, which gives him some peculiar abilities.

The Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon