Wolf's Blood

by Jane Lindskold

Book Overview

Raised in the wild by intelligent, language-using wolves, in her teens Firekeeper was abducted back into the lands of men, where her upbringing as a wolf helped her survive the deadly intrigues of human beings. One of the first things she learned in Hawk Haven was that magic was a thing to be feared and despised. Long ago, all the human kingdoms were ruled by powerful sorcerers. Then a plague came and the sorcerers died. Nobody misses them. Much was...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765353741
• ISBN13: 9780765353740
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 725 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

I loved this series.....once you read the first book you will be hooked as well.

An Excellent Finale to the "Firekeeper Tales"!

If you've read the other books in the series, be warned this is the last story that Lindskold will tell of Firekeeper, and Blind Seer. It all ends with the final page of this novel. At last you will see the choice our beloved character will make: Is she a human-wolf, or a human-woman? *Possible Spoilers from 'Wolf's Blood' ~ For myself personally, I was moved by the words Firekeeper uses to explain her feelings for Blind Seer. Most fans wanted this "resolved" through magic, and felt the ending in the book "wasn't enough", but I found it to be true to the world that the author created. I felt satisfied by the end if the novel. When you try it out for yourself re-read Firekeeper's speech at the end before making any hasty opinions. I will not post any stronger spoiler's for this book, (I don't want to ruin the novel for anybody!) but I will give a brief synopsis: *Spoilers From: 'Wolf Hunting' a few hints & possible additional Spoilers from 'Wolf's Blood'* In the last novel: Derian, Harjeedian, Wise-Jaguire Truth, Wise-Horse Eshinarvash, Wise-Ravens Lovable & Bitter, Maimalodalum Plik, Firekeeper and Blind Seer travel to the Southern City-States to locate two humans who may have been tricked by a mysterious Voice to follow the ways of Old World Magic. They discover something so frightening that they all choose exile from their own country(s) to protect those they love back home from death, and invasion. The Fire Plague still exists, and both Derian & Truth are forever physically changed by the fires of Querinalo {kin-er-en-alo}. Although Querinalo appears to strike only those who journey to the Old World, the Nexus Islands are located in the Old World, and our main characters worry about infecting their homelands with the disease. In this latest novel the reader will 'travel' to the Old World, and discover along with our favorite characters how the Plague originated, and how they must to stop it from ever stiking again. But will it be too late to prevent an invasion from the Old World?

Great Series

This is a wonderful series. I myself have read the series several times because it is truely a story you can become "part of" or "lost in"...whatever you are looking for. Great Author, and I will definetly read more from her...:)

Firekeeper Expands Horizons

Wolf's Blood (2007) is the sixth fantasy novel in the Wolf series, following Wolf Hunting. In the previous volume, Firekeeper and Blind Seer foiled a group of Nexans attempting to open a gate to escape from the island. Afterward, those from the New World called a general meeting of the Nexans to decide their next move, giving them the choice of cooperation or exile. Meddler asked for a favor from Firekeeper, taking a kiss to allow him to manifest on Nexus. In this novel, five months later, the conquerors of Nexus are stymied due to the dangers of querinalo -- the Fire Plague -- to any newcomers with magical abilities. Having no way of identifying those with magic, reinforcements cannot be brought in from the New World. Since Blind Seer caught the illness, they are even afraid to bring in more yarimaimalom. Meddler interrupts Firekeeper's dreams to suggest that she search for the source of the illness. The Nexans start looking through their archives, but the ruling council also sends Firekeeper to the New World to ask for assistance from the maimalodalum. The combined searches indicate that querinalo is really a curse developed by a sorcerer named Virim. Firekeeper and Blind Seer set off to find Virim or his descendents. Firekeeper and Blind Seer travel back to the New World through a gate terminating in New Kelvin. After exiting the gate, they discover Grateful Peace and Citrine waiting for them. Explaining their presence, they arrange for periodic contacts through the gate and resume their journey. In this story, the Old World nations discover that the Nexus gates are blocked. King Bryessidan of Mires is one of the first to be informed and he calls a meeting of interested parties to discuss the situation. Six other nations send emissaries to the meeting in the Kingdom of the Mires. The ambassadors, emissaries and Once Dead at the meeting conclude that the government of Nexus has changed hands. They decide to force the gates and invade Nexus. King Hurwin suggests a simultaneous sea invasion of the island. Planning and plotting begin immediately. This story brings several plot threads to resolution, but not to any final conclusion. Magic seems to be destined to play a more prominent part in the expanded culture of the Old and New Worlds. The new plot elements really deserve a sequel. Highly recommended for Lindskold fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of magical powers, realpolitik and unusual relationships. -Arthur W. Jordin

Excellent End

I just wanted to write to say how much I have truly loved this series. I find myself now at the end of it feeling that wolf society is perhaps a bit better than the human society I have so long clung too. I'm of course being silly, but I suppose what finally hit me in this last book was just how well written these books are in terms of Firekeeper being of a completley different society in that fundamental things that we just naturally expect in human society don't apply to her and I thought Lindskold did a great job in really seperating that out. I think it's quite challenging for an author to protray a culture that is so different, an animal culture as it were, and to be able to keep them distinctly and honestly different. I'm not sure if I'm being clear but at the end of this book it finally hit me how different firekeeper really is, how different she's always been, and now I just want to be able to read more and more about her. I will say though that it's probably a good thing the series is coming to an end as I'd found both with this book and with Wolf Hunting that the beginnings of the books were becoming more strained or at least more difficult to get into. But thankfully once I did get into them I was utterly entranced.