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| Title | : | Wolfsangel (The Wolfsangel Cycle #1) |
| Author | : | M.D. Lachlan |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | UK Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 448 pages |
| Published | : | May 20th 2010 by Gollancz |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Shapeshifters. Werewolves. Fiction. Mythology. Horror |
M.D. Lachlan
Hardcover | Pages: 448 pages Rating: 3.5 | 1242 Users | 196 Reviews
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The Viking King Authun leads his men on a raid against an Anglo-Saxon village. Men and women are killed indiscriminately but Authun demands that no child be touched. He is acting on prophecy. A prophecy that tells him that the Saxons have stolen a child from the Gods. If Authun, in turn, takes the child and raises him as an heir, the child will lead his people to glory. But Athun discovers not one child, but twin baby boys. Ensuring that his faithful warriors, witness to what has happened, die during the raid Authun takes the children and their mother home, back to the witches who live on the troll wall. And he places his destiny in their hands.And so begins a stunning multi-volume fantasy epic that will take a werewolf from his beginnings as the heir to a brutal viking king, down through the ages. It is a journey that will see him hunt for his lost love through centuries and lives, and see the endless battle between the wolf, Odin and Loki - the eternal trickster - spill over into countless bloody conflicts from our history, and over into our lives.
This is the myth of the werewolf as it has never been told before and marks the beginning of an extraordinary new fantasy series from Gollancz.
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| Original Title: | Wolfsangel |
| ISBN: | 0575089571 (ISBN13: 9780575089570) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Wolfsangel Cycle #1 |
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Ratings: 3.5 From 1242 Users | 196 ReviewsCommentary Regarding Books Wolfsangel (The Wolfsangel Cycle #1)
M.D. Lachlan brings us a story from the North, where a Prince falls in love with a farmers daughter and goes to the far ends of the earth to rescue her from slavery. Vali is the Prince in question, a boy stolen by King Athun under the influence of prophecy. What begins as a straightforward tale of Viking politics and berserker raiding as Vali grows from boy to man becomes infinitely more rewarding a novel dealing with secretive magic and an everlasting battle between the Gods Odin and Loki.TheThis review first appeared in Vector 264, Autumn 2010Acting on the prophecy of the witch queen Gullveig, King Athun takes twin boys from an Anglo-Saxon village during a raid. One, he names Vali and raises as his own; the other, Feileg, is kept by Gullveig to serve as her protector and sent to be schooled in the wolf-magic of the berserkers. Over the years, the twins become pawns in the complex game of magical subterfuge that is the eternal war between Odin and Loki. To say that Wolfsangel is a
This was not at all what I expected from a fantasy "werewolf" novel. But one of the reasons why I did pick it up was for the mythology and its Viking/Norse setting, and knowing that it was going to have a dark and brutal story. None of that teen paranormal romance stuff for me, thanks!Wolfsangel begins with a Viking raid on a small village, the leader a king who has seen in a prophecy that he was to kidnap a child to be his heir. But what he finds is not one but two infants -- twin boys whose
Wolfsangel by M.D Lachlan is a novel that would apeal to the kind of reader who enjoys unusual 'strange' fantasy fiction with a twist, that is dark and mysterious. It contains a lot of battles, bloodshead and gore with a completely origional and unique storyline that is adventurous and thoroughly exciting. It contains a mixture of warewolfs and Vikings within a historical setting, with a plot that is completely and utterly enthralling, mesmirising and which captivates the reader. I was unable to
You know, there are times when publicity can work for a book and sometimes when it works against the enjoyment of a book.Sadly, for me this was one of those occasions where the publicity did me, as a reader, no favours.If I had been able to sit down and just read the book, with no preconceptions or advance notice of what was going to happen, I wouldve enjoyed it a whole lot more. Though I did enjoy it.You see, this is one of those books that has a great plot twist about two thirds into the book
I enjoyed this book, eventually, but it did take some getting into. And some of the description was a bit overblown for my taste. It was clearly the first in a series, so I suppose I shall read the next... not overly enthusiastically, unlike some series!! I liked the Norse themes and background, links to mythology and all that, but some of it was just too gory for my ladylike (!) taste. If you like a good old battle wrapped up in a decent story of Viking times, go for it!
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