The Tiger and the Wolf (Echoes of the Fall, 1)

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Like the Apt series, Tchaikovsky builds a complex world, but one very different from the steampunk world of the kinden. Yet, there are shades of that epic series here as well. Rather than people being related to various forms of insects (spider kinden, ant kinden), however, here people are imbued with various 'totems' that correspond to their shapechanging abilities. The wolf clan people for instance can Step into wolf form, just like the bear clan people Step into bear form. I got a little invested in one or two of the characters, and I wanted to find out what would happen next. alot of the time the overall plot was quite predictable, but I think the detail made up for some of that.

The Tiger and the Wolf: Volume 1 (Echoes of the Fall, 1)

Told in turn from both her perspective and Akrit's this is also a very insightful exploration of a father-daughter relationship gone wrong. Akrit, while clearly not a great parent who makes some very questionable choices, can be over ambitious, arrogant and cruel, is not actually an evil person...but she and he are too different and they have walked different paths too long to be reconciled and what he perceives to be Maniye's continued defiance of him does certainly push him to do evil things.

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This is the first novel in the Echoes of the Fall series. The sequel, The Bear and the Serpent came out in 2017 (I went straight out and bought it) and the third book, The Hawk and the Hyena, is due out in October. I enjoyed Hesperic later returning as a girl/young woman and their relationship with Maniye continuing! 😃 There are things you must do, and things you must not do. We know this. You river people find it so complicated, so hard to tell one thing from another. You use so many words.' The Wolf I follow is in here.’ Broken Axe tapped his chest. ‘He wants no sacrifice. He needs no man to die in agony by fire. He wants the clean joy of the hunt, the fresh snow, the wide sky and the moon. He wants a simple life that isn’t stained by other men’s ambition and greed.’

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By comparing the entire growth series from newborns to adults, we were able to visualise tiny differences in development that pinpoint when and where in the skull adaptations to carnivore arise on a cellular level. Por supuesto la novela nos trae su dosis de magia a través de la habilidad de todos sus personajes para transformarse en animales. Aunque no es muy original el autor si que logra atrapar al lector por lo bien que aprovecha sus muchas posibilidades, tanto en las escenas de acción como con las diversas revelaciones relacionadas con este poder (a destacar la habilidad de convertirse en 'campeones', que permite a unos pocos elegidos convertirse en luchadores mucho más poderosos al tomar la forma de bestias extintas. Y son bestias con muy mala leche, os lo aseguro). Well, this is NOT that kind of story. It’s fantasy to the bone, but done meticulously and thoughtfully. And it’s good.Whilst The Tiger and the Wolf depicts a wonderfully crafted and detailed world, the characterisation also contributes heavily to the overall feel of the novel. This is a world where each character and every society has something of their totem animal about them, creating distinctive animalistic personalities whilst, for the most part, avoiding the creation of one dimensional societal groups.