Chimera (Barth novel) Chimera (Barth novel) Chimera is a 1972 fantasy novel written by American writer John Barth, composed of three loosely connected novellas. The novellas are "Dunyazadiad", "Perseid" and "Bellerophoniad", whose titles refer eponymously to the mythical characters Dunyazad, Perseus and Bellerophon (slayer of the mythical Chimera). The book is an example of postmodernism, which can be seen in its metafictional content and its incorporation of stylistic elements that go beyond the traditional novel genre. It shared the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction with "Augustus" by John Edward Williams. The Dunyazadiad is a retelling of the framing story of Scheherazade, the
Mythology of Teen Wolf in her having homicidal somnambulism. She went goes on a killing spree, including killing her own father, until she pukes up mercury, indicating she is a failure and she is killed. Tracy is then revived by Theo Raeken using the Soldier's blood to form his Chimera pack, and Tracy becomes his most loyal, and most ruthless combatant and right hand. Tracy is then killed by Theo to steal her power. As a Chimera, Tracy is part werewolf and part kanima. In her transformation, she manifests the claws and fangs of a werewolf, has a wolf's instinct to follow her alpha