Catch the Wild Wind

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Title:	Catch the Wild Wind
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Author(s):	Janet Kilbourne
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Date(s):	September 1993
Medium:	print
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Fandom:	Beauty and the Beast (TV)
Language:	English
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Catch the Wild Wind is a het 186-page Beauty and the Beast (TV) novel by Janet Kilbourne.

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Neither of Janet's full length zines [ Darkness at Dawn and Catch the Wild Wind] can be remotely considered as light reading. You literally have to take yourself off to somewhere quiet and comfortable and be prepared to immerse yourself into the depths of Janet's words. The emphasis is more on the violent aspect of the series, but the love that shines throughout is almost tangible, with the brilliant dialogue often reducing me to tears; but there are smiles as well. Neither of these zines are for the faint hearted but are well worth setting time aside to read them as Janet brings all the well loved characters to life, and introduces very memorable new ones as well.

In the aftermath of "To Reign in Hell," V is going off the rails, haunted by the Other and by his memory of having killed, for the first and only time, with his fangs in that episode. Paracelsus plots toward an invasion of the tunnels and the subversion of V's loyalty to Father, centering on Paracelsus' journals which Father has never revealed to V. Father, increasingly vague, suffers a fall and a concussion and has a tendency to wander off without telling anybody. Meanwhile C is investigating a vagrant's murder hinging on a mask impregnated with Paracelsus' drug. She's aided in that investigation by Lineman, a rootless VietNam vet sometimes troubled by hallucinations of helicopters rising out of the watera marvelously imagined and presented character. All this comes together during a climactic Halloween journey through the night streets when C and Lineman attempt to get V, under the effect of the drug and traumatic experiences Paracelsus has inflicted on him, safely Below before Paracelsus' forces can invade...forces they contend with on those nightmare New York streets.

Though the story depends rather heavily on coincidence and Paracelsus' motivations are a bit murky, the novel's suspense, drama, and characterizations are brilliantly executed. You won't be able to put it down for a second. And no, we don't have a clue what the title means, either.