Taking the form of a classic hero’s journey, the tenth novel by Tracy Falbe Journey of the Hunted: Werewolves in the Renaissance 2 pits a group of loyal friends against various monsters as they cross the Holy Roman Empire in 1561. Along the way help comes from unexpected benefactors as the hero Thal Lesky eludes bounty hunters, another werewolf, and a fext assassin that cannot be killed.