“Tribal Police Investigator Ella Clah stood next to her department’s cruiser, a dusty, white SUV that had more miles on it than a Two Grey Hills sheepdog.”–Black Thunder, Aimée & David Thurlo“Dr. Alexander Hoffman sat by the fire in his study in Geneva, a half-smoked cigar lying cold in the ashtray beside him, and angle-poise lamp pulled low over his shoulder, turning the pages of a first edition of The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin.”–The Fear Index, Robert Harris“Reuben was a tall man, well over six feet, with curly brown hair and deep-set blue eyes.”–The Wolf Gift, Anne Rice“In the time when the animals were men, Coyote was living in a certain place.”-Gods Without Men, Hari Kunzru“A tree is brought down slowly, unlimbed, unbarked, laid bare but not barren.”–Bring Me One of Everything, Leslie Hall Pinder