Jeffrey Reese, a writer of the outdoors, is sent by his magazine to
report on the reintroduction of wolves into the Bitterroot Mountains
of Montana and Idaho only to find that the wolves’ greatest struggle is
with man’s prejudice and hatred. Through his contact with wolves,
Reese is drawn physically and emotionally into the mystique of
creatures with human-like emotions.

Happenstance brings Reese into the lives of Dakota, an immensely
intelligent beta wolf, Jacy Cayuse, a Nez Perce youth infatuated with
wolves, and Elizabeth Dalton, the alluring daughter of a wolf-hater.
Reese, with a painful history of his own, helps Dakota recover from a
tragic event, but it is Dakota’s brother Bartok who becomes the hero
with the strength and spirit that is the embodiment of his kind.

Dakota’s triumph is only the beginning of a tale that belies the
misconceptions of wolf behavior. The travails of wolves intertwine with
the conflicts of the human characters as Reese attempts to overcome
the heartbreak of his past and learns to live and love anew.

With unflagging devotion for each other, the wolves of the pack will
pad into the reader’s heart. Anoki, the baby-sitter, will break it; then
Shako, the alpha female, will mend it. The co-adventures of Nitika, a
strong-willed hybrid, and Yuma, the disperser son of the powerful
Bartok, will intrigue. The intelligence and friendliness of Dakota will
make him your favorite – until you know the impetuous Yuma. Their
stories will merge into an unforgettable tale of triumph from tragedy,
told with no exaggeration of the wolf’s capacity for emotional
capabilities so akin to our own.

Cry Wolf, Cry is a story about people; it is a story about wolves. It is a
tale about heartbreak and glory, about hate and love; it is a chronicle
of the sadness and happiness of life itself.
About Russell M. Cera












Russell M. Cera is a retired schoolteacher
who lives in West Islip, New York, with his
wife Linda. His passions include cooking,
gardening, the outdoors, and writing. He is
currently working on The Fruit of the Bad
Seed, a memoir of his teaching career that
began in the turbulent ‘60s.

The vocations in Russ’s life have kept him
from enjoying the great outdoors as much as
he would have liked. Now that he is retired,
he can pursue his love for writing. “With
pen,” he claims, “I can go wherever my
imagination allows. I can enjoy the wild
creatures of nature, explore the boundless
outdoors, and if I choose, I can even run and
hunt with the magnificent gray wolves, my
favorite animals on earth.”

                                                              
You can also find them at
Wolf Creek Habitat & Rescue
Brookville, Indiana
513-312-9143
Genre: FICTION / General
Publication: Jan 30, 2009
Pages: 207

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After visiting Wolf Creek,
Russ went back and revised
his book as far as changing
some of the wolves names, to
a beautiful new cover/back.
He changed the alpha
females name to Dyami and
had his picture with her put
on the back cover. He also
added Ikici to the front
cover. We can't thank Russ
enough for choosing to come
to Wolf Creek Habitat as his
destination to come face to
face with a wolf.