The first book in the Wereling series! A teenage boy's ordinary life and wrenched apart when he discovers that he is the last hereditary werewolf and that the most evil bloodthirsty vampire known to the netherworld wants him dead. Fourteen-year-old Trey Laporte is not a kid anymore. Not after the day he wakes up in agony -- retina-splitting, vomit-inducing agony. His clothes are torn. His room is trashed. Enter Lucien Charron, the mysterious, long-lost "uncle" with freakish fire-flecked eyes and skin that blisters in the sun. Suddenly, Trey finds himself living in a luxury penthouse at the heart of a strange and sinister empire built on the powers of the Netherworld -- vampires, demons, sorcerers, and djinn. And there is a girl -- Alexa Charron -- who is half vampire, half human, and insanely pretty, with powers all of her own. Trey is falling for her. Trey is training night and day to control the newly discovered power lurking inside him. Now, demons are closing in on every side, and the most psychopathic bloodsucker to rock the Netherworld wants to destroy him. Above all, he must face one terrifying question: Is he a boy . . . or is he a beast? Gr 7-10–Trey, 14, wakes in pain with no clothes on and no memory of the night before. Everything in his small room at his British care center for orphans is destroyed. Before he can be punished for the mess, a stranger comes claiming to be his uncle and asks Trey to trust him. Trey escapes with this mysterious individual, who is neither his uncle…nor human. Lucien Charron is a vampire who has come to help Trey become what he was born to be: a werewolf. Trey learns that his parents were murdered and that Caliban, Lucien's evil vampire brother, is trying to kill him because of a prophecy. Lucien, with the help of his daughter Alexa, a sorceress; and his right-hand man, Tom, begin to teach Trey how to transform at will and keep control of his mind. Despite their combined efforts to keep the boy safe, he is attacked, and it soon becomes clear that someone has betrayed them. When Alexa is kidnapped, Trey and his protectors must face Caliban and his minions to rescue her and save all of mankind from subjugation. Paranormal fans and reluctant readers will feast on this fast-paced vampire/werewolf tale with a technological twist. A “Demoncyclopedia” at the end of the book explains the abilities and hierarchy of the netherworld creatures. Expect sequels. Samantha Larsen Hastings, Riverton Library, UT © Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. Perhaps in reaction to the many classic monsters repurposed for romance, a counter-trend has emerged to bring back the scary. In this propulsive blend of action and myth, Trey is a 14-year-old orphan whose life is upended by the arrival of Lucien, a millionaire vampire who knew the boy's parents. It doesn't take Lucien long to drop the second bomb: Trey is the last “hereditary werewolf” in existence. Oh, and he might be the prophesied chosen one able to stop the dark forces of the Netherworld. It's not difficult to understand the fantasy-fulfillment offered by a character who can change at will into a seven-foot, 300-pound beast, and Feasey gets a lot of mileage from just how cool it would be—he even offers up a possible romantic interest in Alexa, the vampire's daughter. The dialogue is stiff, but Feasey's descriptions are a notch above what is typical for this fare. A sequel is already limbering up its muscles, which is a good thing: the ending as it stands feels rushed (though you'll dig the appended “Demoncyclopedia”). Grades 6-9. --Daniel Kraus “Feasey's world-building is solid, the characters believable, and the action genuine, making this an all-around strong beginning.” ― Publishers Weekly “Paranormal fans and reluctant readers will feast on this fast-paced vampire/werewolf tale with a technological twist.” ― School Library Journal Steve Feasey is the author of young adult fantasy novels including Wereling , Dark Moon and Blood Wolf . He lives with his family in Hertfordshire, England, where he sometimes hears a strange and unidentifiable howling just after midnight. Wereling By Feasey, Steve Feiwel & Friends Copyright © 2010 Feasey, Steve All right reserved. ISBN: 9780312596125 He swung his legs over the edge of the bed, his eyes shut against both the sunlight and the fireworks that detonated inside his skull whenever he moved. He was naked. He fished under his pillow and pulled out his pajama shorts. This was just too weird.  Trey forced his eyes open and bent down to pull the shorts on when he saw his shoes.  His favorite shoes.  What the hell…?             There was a sharp knock at the door.             “My shoes!  What the…?” His voice cracked as he tried to speak, and his throat felt painfully raw. …Standing up, he desperately looked around for something to drink, and saw properly for the first item that chaos th