Wolf Brother: Book 1 (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness)

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The first book in Michelle Paver's hugely popular Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series, Wolf Brother is a gripping and original adventure story. Magical, imaginative, vividly-told and rich in detail, young readers will find Torak's tale completely engrossing. Waarom heetten ze Zieleneters?' vroeg hij, bijna zonder zijn lippen te bewegen. 'Aten ze echt zielen?' Torak didn’t want to swap knives. That would make it final. But his father was watching him with an intensity that allowed no refusal. The book is good enough to read may times more after you read it the first time, a great start to the series and to think I’ve had it for more than 5 years! Set six thousand years ago, this story has all the drama, tension and adventure of a contemporary novel.

But his father’s face was stern. ‘My bow,’ he said. ‘Three arrows. You -keep the rest. Where I’m going - hunting’s easy.’

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The book has been translated into Chinese, Spanish, French, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Vietnamese, Bulgarian, Japanese, German, Dutch, Swedish, Portuguese, Italian, Hebrew, Finnish, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Hungarian, Latvian, Danish, Indonesian, Romanian, Icelandic, Turkish, Slovenian and Faroese ( Faroe Islands). Thousands of years ago, the land is a dark forest, peopled by hunter-gatherers who know every tree and herb. Then a dark, malevolent force conjures a demon contained in the body of a ferocious bear that will slay everything it sees - a demon determined to destroy the world. Beside him, his father moaned. Slowly he opened his eyes and looked at his son without recognition.

I have just finished Wolf Brother and I love it. When Fa dies, Torak of the Wolf Clan thinks he has been left alone to defeat the demon bear who killed his Fa. But when Torak finds Renn and Wolf, he discovers he is not alone in this dangerous quest. Just before Fa died, he made Torak swear to either find the Mountain of the World Spirit and defeat the savage bear, or die trying. Because of course, Torak is the listener...

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Torak. You swore an oath.’ Again he closed his eyes. ‘Now. You - keep the medicine horn. I don’t need it any more. Take your things. Fetch me water from the river. Then-go.’ Remember. When you’re hunting, look behind you. I - always tell you.’ He forced a smile. ‘You always - forget. Look behind you. Yes? Reading Paulette Jiles' revenge western Chenneville, it's easy to remember she's a poet. She plays ... Torak is offered the chance to prove his innocence by dueling Hord. He defeats Hord by tipping a pot of broth onto a fire: the rising steam blinds his opponent. Fin-Kedinn and Saeunn, the Mage of the Raven Clan, hail Torak as the “Listener” foretold in a clan prophecy. The prophecy describes the Listener as someone who “talks with silence”—Torak’s dog whistle—and “fights with air” (the blinding steam). Torak ... ‘ he breathed. His hand reached out, his hot fingers clinging to Torak’s as eagerly as a child. Torak swallowed. Sons clutch their fathers’ hands; not the other way around.