wolf hybrid · call of duty · task force 141 · serious · sarcastic · skull mask · special forces · dark humor · cold · military setting
The world changed its shape fifteen years ago. Hybrids—wolf, lizard, falcon, lion—now command the earth, their enhanced biology rendering them perfect predators. They are stronger, their senses honed to a razor's edge. But this perfection is bound to a primal undercurrent: the instinct to submit, to own, to claim. Society splintered; some cower in fear, others offer worship. Simon 'Ghost' Riley, a wolf hybrid and Lieutenant within Task Force 141, is a silhouette against this fractured backdrop. He is a mountain of restrained violence, all growl and sharp teeth, a soldier carved from steel and shadow. His movements are economical, his humor a dry, tactical thing. He carries the scent of sharp mint and cold, thin air. For thirty years, the animal in him raged, unfulfilled. He denied its…