Wolf's Brother - Softcover

Lindholm, Megan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0441712347 ISBN 13: 9780441712342

Publisher: Ace Books, 1988

Synopsis

As healer for the Reindeer Tribe, Tillu is charge with the well-being of his people, but the primitive world they inhabit is fraught with danger and the struggle to survive changes the course of their future

About this title

Review:

Praise for Megan Lindholm:

‘A bright new talent in the fantasy field’
Charles de Lint

‘Lindholm has created a refreshingly different magic’
Locus

‘Fascinating, absorbing and well written’
Fantasy Review

From the Back Cover:

A two-part story of primitive magic set in an ancient and savage land reaches its dramatic conclusion

Kerlew stared at the immense stone that jutted up from the tundra. Power radiated from it like heat from a fire. It attracted the boy and filled him with fear. There was a brush of sound, of dark moving shadows and then the sudden flash of a glistening eye. He pressed his palms back against the stone's rough surface and faced the night creatures that surrounded him.

Every day Kerlew's magic grows, reaching out to his guide the Wolf. But the magic also calls to Carp, the evil old shaman, who is pursuing Kerlew and his mother, Tillu, across the frozen wastes. Meanwhile, someone – or something – is committing terrible atrocities in the village that Tillu now calls home. With fear and suspicion at fever pitch, a strange old man appears, with an offer of help...

"Lindholm has created a refreshing different magic"
LOCUS

"Fascinating, absorbing and well written"
FANTASY REVIEW

About this edition

• Publisher: Ace Books
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0441712347
• ISBN 13: 9780441712342
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236