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Wolfsangel

by M.D. Lachlan
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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 which 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 Authun discovers not one child, but twin baby boys. After ensuring that his faithful warriors, witnesses 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.
So begins a stunning multivolume 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 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 the Trade Paperback edition.

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Wolfsangel Cycle

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 29, 2011

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9781616143589

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      • ISBN: 9781616143589
      • File size: 939 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 17, 2011
      Sorcery and savagery fuel this rousing historical fantasy, the first volume in a planned multivolume epic. Acting on the witch Gullveig's prophecy, Viking raiders kidnap two infant brothers from a village. Wily and clever Vali is groomed to be Viking king Authun's heir, while Feileg is raised ferally as Gullveig's werewolf protector as she schemes against the god Odin. The boys enjoy adventures peculiar to their different upbringings until their mutual affection for farmer's daughter Adisla draws them together as comrades in arms as well as rivals in love. Lachlan (a pseudonym for Mark Barrowcliffe) keeps supernatural inflections to a minimum, opting instead for a colorful and credible evocation of the Norse world as one where the paths of gods and men frequently cross. Vivid in its rendering of the primitive historical past, this entertaining adventure will have readers eagerly anticipating the next book in the series.

    • Library Journal

      February 15, 2011

      Viking ruler Authun, following a prophecy, steals twin boys from a Saxon village and raises one of them as his heir. When the brothers later meet, heir Vali and berserker-raised Feileg discover that they both have been touched by the curse of the wolf. When the woman they love is taken by raiders, the two search for her, linked in a bond of hate and love. Writing under a pseudonym, mainstream fiction and nonfiction writer Mark Barrowcliffe (The Elfish Gene) recasts the werewolf legend in the trappings of Norse culture and legend. VERDICT This somber series debut echoes the brooding atmosphere of Scandinavian myth and should appeal to a wide readership.

      Copyright 2011 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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