Wayward
Wulves Beware
Eye of the Wulf - Book 1
Eye of the Wulf, first in a series, weaves Celtic
myth and mountain lore into a tartan of greed and
treachery, courage and sacrifice. Wulves and Faer
Ones, their faerie allies, defend Eden-like Lisnafaer
against the corruption wrought by human necromancers.
From on high, Sky-Wulf warns the birth of Anell and
Akirs eagerly awaited cubs portends imminent
danger. Indeed, sons Kalar and Sonsies arrival
throws their packand Lisnafaerinto turmoil.
Kalar strives to become a hunter, a boar killer like
Akir. But Sonsie, aspiring to be a great singer wulf,
pursues the Faer Ones song.
Thwarted efforts to guard the rebellious cubs cause
Anell and Akir to clash. Though Akir forbids contact
with all Faer Ones, he cant prevent their shadowing
his sons. Encounters with chancy supernatural beings
intensify Kalar and Sonsies dangerous secret
life.
When the shape-shifting Lady and Lord of Lisnafaer
lure the half-yearling brothers into the Cavern Perilous,
their worst fears are confirmed. The wulves
destiny is mortal combat with two banished beasts
held captive in the Otherworld.
But are the cubs the cure or the cause? And
what connects the dire beasts to blade-wielding human
cutters?
One answer lies in gloom-haunted Scanlon Hollow. Two
cutter brothers, lusting for the Faer Ones golden
apples, perform grisly rites to conjure the demon
cat Scrag Tail. If they succeed, Terror Wulf follows.
Cutters seek to exile the Faer Ones, take their forests,
exterminate the wulves, and seize the deer for sportthe
end of the Balance Green. Kalar and Sonsie must choose.
Abandon their pack. Accept their destinyand
possible death. Or renounce their heroic calling.
Assume their lot as marked wulvescertain death
if the cutters get their way.
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