Werebeasts: men and women who assume the shape of animals. In this volume, Dr. Rudolph Van Richten - Ravenloft's eminent expert on the horrific - exposes the truth about their ravenous kind. For years, Van Richten has doggedly pursued these creatures. More than once, the hunter became the hunted, yet lived to tell the tale. Now Van Richten reveals the secrets of his survival. Discover the werebeasts' many forms, from the common to the bizarre. Read how they live, lust, and multiply, spreading their affliction among the innocent. Learn to see through their human facade, and how to follow their beastly spoor. Finally, discover what it really takes to cure lycanthropy in Ravenloft. For upon the demiplane of dread, few adventurers can avoid the werebeast's fang forever....