Authorpreneur Dashboard – Eric Robert Nolan
The Dogs Don't Bark In Brooklyn Any More
Literature & Fiction
Book 1 of the Wolf War Saga by Eric Robert Nolan. ***** There was a time, Rebecca’s father had told her, when wolves could not speak. She wished for that time. Rebecca O’Conner is the daughter of a hero, a veteran soldier of The Wolf War. Now, she herself is a Captain in the Special Animal Warfare Service (SAWS), fighting against the super intelligent wolves that have all but destroyed humanity. The Dogs Don’t Bark In Brooklyn Anymore spans two periods of Rebecca’s life; the tumultuous Brooklyn childhood that shapes her future, preparing her for the soldier she must become, and her struggle to keep herself and her squad alive as she prepares to meet her destiny. Her empirical mind rebels against the chaotic dreams that haunt her, suggesting a greater path than she can yet comprehend, as she seeks to find an end to the war. The enemy is smart, strong and fearless; the odds are stacked against the human race. Is there hope for us in the war with the wolves? Will humanity prevail and reclaim its place as the dominant species on Earth? Or will the great demonic wolf that stalks Rebecca in her sleep close its jaws over the world and drive us to extinction?
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What was the inspiration for "The Dogs Don't Bark
There were a number of influences. The primary influence was Saki’s “The Interlopers,” which my father read to me when I was a boy. This is a classic short story with a surprise ending – if you’ve read “The Interlopers,” you basically know the story of TDDBIBAM and the planned subsequent books. Another influence was the animated film adaptation of Richard Adams’ Watership Down. (I am embarrassed here to admit that I actually have not read the classic novel upon which it is based.) Watership Down portrays intelligent animals, yet they are not fully anthropomorphized. (They have their own distinct language and culture.) I wanted to take this idea and turn it on its head. What if we had intelligent animals who were bad guys, while the human characters were the story’s protagonists?) I’ve hoped since I wrote it that people might find this an original idea.
