The Wolf Gift

Rice, Anne

ISBN 10: 1615870792 ISBN 13: 9781615870790

Publisher: Random House, 2012

Synopsis

When Reuben, otherwise known as Sunshine Boy, was sent to write a piece about the uncertain future of the giant house on the cliff, he wasn't expecting to warm so instantly to elegant heiress Marchent Nideck. Nor was he expecting to get caught up in a violent attack which will leave him changed in ways he could never have imagined...Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles" defined a genre, but now she has another age-old story in her sights: the terrifying werewolf legend. The classic monster of horror fiction is here reimagined and reinvented, with all Rice's supernatural sympathy and inventiveness, as a romantic being, a potentially tragic figure bestowed with the gift of transformation and transcendence. "The Wolf Gift" is a glorious celebration - of storytelling, of possibility, of truths revealed in the half-light. And in "The Wolf Gift"'s Reuben, we have a brand new hero for a brand new Anne Rice world.

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Review:

"What makes this novel special is the changes the author rings on the werewolf theme... This allows Rice to spin both a convincing thriller and an inquisition on the nature of good and evil – a recurring theme in her work – as Reuben avoids his pursuers and considers the creature he has become. Superb." (Guardian)

"The Wolf Gift is vintage Anne Rice – a lushly written, gothic... metaphysical tale. This time, with werewolves." (The Wall Street Journal)

"I want to howl at the moon over this...I devoured these pages...[A] terrific new novel. . . . The plot [is] magnetic, the characters fascinating, and Rice's style as solid and engaging as anything she has written since her early vampire chronicle fiction." (The Boston Globe)

"Rice weaves her trademark meditations on the role of supernatural creatures in society into an often thrilling, page-turning yarn." (Booklist)

"[Rice] returns to the lushly evocative scenery and gothic atmosphere of her vampire novels with great success. . . her reimagining of a well-worn mythology is fresh and intriguing. Fans of Rice's 'The Vampire Chronicles' and 'The Lives of the Mayfair Witches' series should delight in this new saga delivered in the author's distinctive style. Part creation story, part love story, all excellent!" (Library Journal)

Book Description:

The queen of horror is back ... and she's on mesmerising form.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1615870792
• ISBN 13: 9781615870790
• Binding: Preloaded Digital Audio Player