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The Cleansing
Dust-jacket illustration by Tony Patrick for The Cleansing
Author	John D. Harvey
Cover artist	Tony Patrick
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Horror
Publisher	Arkham House
Publication date	2002
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	319 pp
ISBN	0-87054-181-1
OCLC	50758121
Dewey Decimal	813/.5 22
LC Class	PS3608.A789 C58 2002

The Cleansing is a horror novel by author John D. Harvey.^[1] It was released in 2002 by Arkham House in an edition of approximately 2,500 copies.

Plot summary

The book tells the story of an American Indian wolf god, Wanata, who comes to earth to hold humanity accountable for its abuse of nature. In Alaska, freelance journalist Savannah Channing investigates the story of a rampaging wolf pack that is systematically destroying villages. She arrives to find that the problem is worse than she expected and that the military and a brutal bounty hunter have been employed. Wanata is changed into mortal human form by an Indian Shaman's magic and is forced to interact with those he was sent to punish. The paths of Wanata and Channing cross in a spine-chilling conclusion.

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