Ride the Lightning

Two men who while snooping on State Island accidentally find one of themselves turned into a werewolf, seek the cure...

Our second Metallica named story in a row brings the author's take on werewolves into his continued connected storyline... They aren't changed as much compared to the usual take on them compared to his others, but they offer one horrible downside... If you don't allow the change to occur, it will eventually force it's way out, leaving you with every single bone in your body broken should you turn back into a human... Ouch.

The two men are great friends and their relationship is tested as they deal with this, causing great tension in them and possible betrayals. They are both interested in finding out what all the weirdness around the area is, leading them into their current predicament...

This also isn't simply a werewolf story, it continues the larger narrative being told in the previous stories, offering a look into the going on's in modern-day State Island as well as bringing back Duncan Criss from all the way back in Legacy Mausoleums. Kind of. It also touches again on the strange force imprisoned in State Island, and while I still stand by my feelings towards it in the context of the State Island story, clearly it's more interesting then was presented there and I have hopes for a great reveal.