The Howling II is a 1979 horror novel by Gary Brandner. It is the first sequel to his 1977 werewolf novel, The Howling. The novel was later republished under the alternative titles: The Howling II: The Return, and also Return Of The Howling.Despite the ongoing film series that began in the 1980s, The Howling II was not adapted as a film and bears no similarities to the 1985 film Howling II or any of the other Howling films.