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    Wolfsangel

    By Lachlan, M.D.

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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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPyr
    Release dateMar 29, 2011
    ISBN9781616143589
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    • 4/5
      Twins are taken from their home to fill a hole in a king's family and starts a spiral that will end with one of them as a werewolf. Gods, priestesses and magic in the mix.This should have hit several buttons with me but it didn't, I just wasn't engaged by the characters and didn't really care what happened to them. I was curious to see what unfolded but by the end of the story wasn't really pushed to read more. It's not bad and I like the view of magic and the time of change from northern religions to christianity and lacks some modern sniping at religion by the pivotal character.It wasn't a bad read but it didn't push my buttons.
    • 3/5
      My thoughts:I heard some buzz about this book and got intrigued, Vikings, magic and werewolves, that sure caught my attention. It isn't the easiest book to describe; it is a strange book, like a dream or a tale told long ago by the people living in the North. There Lachlan succeeded, I did feel the Norse Sagas over this story.The book is dark and brutal. It tells the story of two boys, Vale who grows up not wanting to fight, and falling for a farmgirl. He is to become the Big Bad Wolf that can bring down a God. But in the beginning he is nice, and righteous. He does not want to look up to the Gods of War and instead he looks to Loki the trickster who laughs at the Gods. Even when he is plummeting into darkness I like him, and when I say dark, I mean pitch-black, crazy and lost. His brother is raised by Berserks and then by Wolfmen, he is also a Wolf. A bit crazy, also lost, and seems to be the violent one. This is a tale in which you do not know what will happen.The magic in this one is true to its origin, runes, witches, and people nearing drowning for a glimpse of the future. It's magic that is real, but at the same time you just do not know, perhaps it is all a coincidence?The book itself is about growing up, finding yourself, doing the right thing, and in the end, being a mere plaything for gods, or should we say the destroyer of them. Because at the end of time Ragnarök will come, the last battle where Odin is killed by the Fenris wolf. And in this book we meet the Fenris wolf, Odin, and Loki who fathered the wolf. But this book does not end the way you think it will, because there is a second book, though at the same time there is an end. Why? Well you will just have to read to find out.Conclusion:It was a good book, and if you like adventure, vikings, magic, and fighting then this is the book for you. It is fantasy dipped in reality, a strange dream and a time when Gods were real and present. A time where a new religion started to emerge in the North. And it's the story of the werewolf. It is the Norse sagas told with modern language, and with a totally new spin to things.Rating;I actually have no idea how to rate this book. He sure has a way of words, a good book.
    • 3/5
      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. 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 origins and fates are entwined with the gods. Vali grows up as a Viking prince, while his twin Feileg is raised in the wilds with wolves to be the protector of a witch. Years later, the abduction of a simple farmer's daughter is the link between them that draws them together in this tale of savage adventure.It was really difficult for me to rate this book. At first, I was taken with the story. It's easy to be drawn in right away, especially given the style of the writing which I felt was perfect for the novel's theme and background. I loved the Norse mythology and fantasy elements, as well as the imagery the writing invoked. The plot started in a pretty straightforward way, which I didn't have a problem with.However, the further I got, the more lost I became. The author does have a way with words, but towards the end I felt all of it was getting needlessly confusing and complicated. All the subplots and characters that I had felt had supported each other so well near the beginning began unraveling, which made everything feel less coherent, more random and difficult to follow.In sum - great opening and set up, but unfortunately starts losing its steam as it goes on.
    • 4/5
      Complex dark fantasy.