LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
Michelle Paver’s Wolfbane is a magnificent feat of fiction that may well spark mixed feelings among fans of the Stone Age series that began with Wolf Brother. It’s a satisfyingly thrilling, beautifully-written adventure but, given that this is the last book in the series, readers might be left with a sense of loss alongside that satisfaction, such is the power and pull of these books.
“Prickling with desire, the Demon pushes off on its long bone skates and sweeps downhill.” The Demon is watching and waiting, set on claiming Wolf. Around them, Torak and Renn recognise signs of the Demon — a young birch tree “wantonly slashed”; the rotting body of an otter. As Torak knows, “Only a demon kills without reason”, and so he and Renn find themselves in a race against time to save their brother, facing perils on land and sea as the Demon advances at a time “when the world teeters on a knife edge between winter and spring, good and evil, life and death.”
In good news for new generations of readers who’ve yet to discover the Wolf Brother books, like its predecessors, Wolfbane can be enjoyed as a standalone story that will draw them into an unforgettable realm of wild nature and stormy magic. These are books to be thrilled by, to savour, and return to. Stories that reward repeat reads, and blaze with the raw power of story-telling and the magic of unbreakable bonds.
Joanne Owen
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Wolfbane Synopsis
The grand finale to the prize-winning adventure series that has changed the lives of millions of readers.
Breathtaking world-building on an epic scale. Pure escapism at its best. It is early spring, a turbulent, perilous time of sudden storms, frozen river fractures and drifting ice. Fleeing from a demon intent on devouring his souls, Wolf is swept out to Sea far from the Forest and his pack. The ocean too teems with danger: sea wolves, sharks and hunters of the deep, and the demon is gaining ground. Torak and Renn must race to save their pack-brother, battling the harsh, icy waves and merciless torrents. If they can't find Wolf in time, the bond between them will be severed for ever...
Run wild with Wolf Brother for the last time in a Stone Age world we all want to be part of, with three-million-copy-selling author Michelle Paver, Creator of Legends.
Read Wolfbane as a standalone adventure or as part of the well-loved series.
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9781789542455 |
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10th November 2022 |
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Michelle Paver |
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Zephyr an imprint of Head of Zeus |
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Paperback |
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261 pages |
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Wolf Brother |
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Press Reviews
Michelle Paver Press Reviews
Michelle Paver's Wolf Brother series has been, and remains, a touch-stone for so many young readers: beautifully drawn and heart-thumpingly exciting, it deserves its title of modern classic' -- Phil Earle, author of When the Sky Falls
'Michelle Paver's Wolf Brother series is the reason I'm a children's bookseller. The legendary tale of Torak and Wolf, brimming with mythology and the magic of an earlier time, has been a companion through my young and adult life' -- Steve Bundy, Waterstones Arndale Centre Manchester
'Conjures with complete conviction a historical, fantastical and sometimes brutal world' - Sunday Times
'A wonderful, immersive, and moving story. I feel like I have been on a journey to a place I almost remember. I don't know how Michelle recreates such a feeling of place and character and at the same time transports you on every page through layers and layers of time' - Hilary McKay, author of The Swallows' Flight
Praise for Skin Taker;
'It transports us a long way from the here and now' Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week
'Top-class storytelling in the eighth book in the stormingly good Wolf Brother series' Fiona Noble, The Bookseller
'Can easily be read as a standalone novel, so skilful is the storytelling ... Paver powerfully presents a world view that's magical but never primitive' Financial Times
Praise for Viper's Daughter;
'Rich with descriptions of the natural world and imaginery kingdoms, a must for all Wolf Brother fans' Daily Mail
'Michelle Paver is a writer of extraordinary talent. I was enthralled, from start to finish. The storytelling was every bit as vivid and immersive as I remembered ... Michelle is in a league of her own with this series and what luck for us all that she hasn't finished with Torak, Renn and Wolf's world yet' Abi Elphinstone, author of Rumblestar
'What rich, dazzling, immersive storytelling. The landscape was so bright the light left me blinking, the details as sharp as a carved bone needle ... The best book I have read this year by a country mile. (By a wild arctic length of many wolf lopes, I suppose I should say)' - Hilary McKay, author of The Skylarks' War
'Meticulously researched, atmospheric [...] and relentless, this instalment deservedly introduces Paver to a new generation of readers' Guardian
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About Michelle Paver
Born in Malawi in 1960 to a Belgian mother and a father who ran the tiny 'NYASALAND TIMES', Michelle Paver moved to the UK when she was three. She was brought up in Wimbledon and, following a Biochemistry Degree from Oxford, she became a partner in a big City law firm. She gave up the City to follow her long-held dream of becoming a writer. She is the author of the brilliantly successful children's series, THE CHRONICLES OF ANCIENT DARKNESS, the final book of which won the 2010 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize.
An Interview with Michelle Paver
What’s the first book you remember reading?
The first book I remember looking at was a big illustrated book about Stone Age people, although at the time I was too young to read the captions. Two of the first books I actually read were Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson, and a terrifically exciting adventure about a horse, called The Sagebrush Sorrel. I’ve still got all three books.
What’s the greatest influence on your writing?
Concerning literary influences, I’d name two principal ones: J.R.R. Tolkien, who inspired a lifelong love of myth and Anglo-Saxon and Norse literature, and who also deepened my appreciation for trees and forests; and Anthony Trollope, whose page-turning novels taught me much about storytelling.
Concerning non-literary influences, I’d have to name my parents, who ensured that I grew up surrounded by books (despite not having much money at the time), and who always encouraged me to follow my interests and take risks, while somehow managing to instill a bit of commonsense about how far to go!
Typewriter, Word Processor, or pen?
I scribble the first version of each chapter on a pad with a rollerball pen, but it’s such a scrawl that I can only read it while it’s still fresh in my mind, so I try to type it onto the wordprocessor on the same day. Then I go over it a few times on the computer before moving on to the next chapter, and so on.
Name your favourite literary hero and villain
They change from time to time, but here are the ones that have lasted. For heroes, it’s Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings and Hector from The Iliad. For villains, it’s Dracula (the Bram Stoker one, of course), and Stavrogin from The Devils.
Where were you born and raised?
I was born in Nyasaland (now Malawi), but came to England when I was small, and lived in Essex till I was eight, when we moved to Wimbledon. Apart from a couple of years in central London, I’ve lived there ever since.
Did you enjoy school? What is your most vivid memory of your school years?
In the main I did, but my most vivid memory concerns my one bad year. When I was about eleven, a new girl joined the class and took such a dislike to me that she got everyone else to gang up against me. It doesn’t sound too bad, but it was miserable and very lonely to go through. My mother told me to ignore the lot of them, which I did – and after a pretty rough year, the ringleader left, and things drifted back to normal. But I’ve never forgotten it. And it probably helped make me a writer, because for that year, I retreated into my imagination.
What were the first pieces of writing that you produced?
I wrote my first stories on my mother’s typewriter when I was five. I’ve still got some of them. One was about a rabbit called Hamish and a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Another, Ebany the Mouse Goddess, concerned a tribe of mice who burrowed to safety beneath an oncoming glacier. At school I wrote several plays, including one about the murder of Tutankhamun, and another about a family of cavemen.
What jobs did you have before you started writing?
I worked as a solicitor in the City for thirteen years: lots of all-nighters and weekends in the office. The challenge made it fun for a while, but that soon palled. I don’t miss it at all.
If your house was burning down what would you save?
Nothing. I’d just try to get out alive. (And lest anyone think me callous, I should add that I don’t have any pets!)
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