The Wild is a fantasy novel by American ufologist and horror fiction writer Whitley Strieber that was first published in 1991.

The Wild

First edition
Author	Whitley Strieber
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	March 1991
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	378 pages
ISBN	0-8125-1277-4
OCLC	23150180

It tells the story of Bob Duke, a failed poet-turned-worker at Sculley-era Apple Computer's New York City branch who can barely pay the bills for his wife and 12-year-old son. However, as his grasp on his family's finances slips by the day, he begins to lose his very physical composition, gradually metamorphosing into a wolf. Soon, his wife, son, and therapist all are drawn into his predicament as he seeks to come to terms with what he has metamorphosed into without losing his still-human mind, or his very family.