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Moon Wolf Saga #2
Binding
What do you do after you’ve saved the world—and nobody believes you?
Amber is a teenage runaway, hiding out in Los Angeles, who is also a daughter of the wolf kind. And, not long ago, she had her own personal demon. Richard was her servant, her lover, and a hellish force bound to the earth against his will. Together they turned back the World Snake that threatened to destroy the city—and she had granted Richard his freedom.
Now Amber is alone, but nobody accepts that she has truly shed her demon. Many still fear the World Snake and seek to capture the demon’s power for their own purposes, unaware that Richard has already departed the mortal realm. Amber finds herself hunted, in both wolf and human forms, by cultists, illusionists, raisers of power, and even an evil veterinarian.
Saving the world was one thing. To save herself, Amber may have to call back her fearsome demon lover, who is no longer bound to obey her . . .
Amber is a teenage runaway, hiding out in Los Angeles, who is also a daughter of the wolf kind. And, not long ago, she had her own personal demon. Richard was her servant, her lover, and a hellish force bound to the earth against his will. Together they turned back the World Snake that threatened to destroy the city—and she had granted Richard his freedom.
Now Amber is alone, but nobody accepts that she has truly shed her demon. Many still fear the World Snake and seek to capture the demon’s power for their own purposes, unaware that Richard has already departed the mortal realm. Amber finds herself hunted, in both wolf and human forms, by cultists, illusionists, raisers of power, and even an evil veterinarian.
Saving the world was one thing. To save herself, Amber may have to call back her fearsome demon lover, who is no longer bound to obey her . . .
304 pages, Paperback
First published April 2, 2013
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About the author
Carol Wolf
12 books39 followersCarol Wolf is the author of Summoning and Binding, Books One and Two of The Moon Wolf Saga, Savage Island, Voyages of the Shep, and Coyote Run (with Eric Elliott). Wolf's new novel, The Book of Lost Days, a science fiction adventure, is scheduled for release on March 23, 2019.
Wolf's plays have been produced on both coasts and five continents, and have won the L.A. Drama Critic's Circle Award, the Bay Area Critic's Award, and the London Fringe First. The Thousandth Night was translated into French and will be seen at the Avignon Theatre Festival in July, 2019, at the Theatre des Rampartes. Dr. Rowan, the Demon, and Love, winner of the Stage to Screen playwriting contest, will receive a workshop production August 27-Sept 3, 2019, in the Bay Area. She is a proud member of the Pear Theater Writer's Guild, SWFA, and The Dramatist Guild.
Wolf is the author of Playwriting: the Mericiless Craft; Comprehensive Techniques for Mastering Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Playwriting.
Wolf wrote the scripts for the blockbuster video games Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, and Legacy of Kain: Defiance. She is a co-founder of Paw Print Studios, for which she wrote and directed two feature films, The Valley of Fear, and Far from the Sea. She produced and directed the documentary feature Letters to my Grandchildren, which will be submitted to festivals in 2019.
Wolf lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada with her husband, Eric Elliott, two border collies, and a varying number of sheep. She is a yon-dan in Toyama-rhu Iaido, the Japanese art of the sword, a certified instructor in Shiyomi-rhu, and holds a knighthood in the Society for Creative Anachronism. She is a regular attendant of CombatCon, where she takes part in panels on how to write realistic fight scenes.
Wolf's plays have been produced on both coasts and five continents, and have won the L.A. Drama Critic's Circle Award, the Bay Area Critic's Award, and the London Fringe First. The Thousandth Night was translated into French and will be seen at the Avignon Theatre Festival in July, 2019, at the Theatre des Rampartes. Dr. Rowan, the Demon, and Love, winner of the Stage to Screen playwriting contest, will receive a workshop production August 27-Sept 3, 2019, in the Bay Area. She is a proud member of the Pear Theater Writer's Guild, SWFA, and The Dramatist Guild.
Wolf is the author of Playwriting: the Mericiless Craft; Comprehensive Techniques for Mastering Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Playwriting.
Wolf wrote the scripts for the blockbuster video games Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, and Legacy of Kain: Defiance. She is a co-founder of Paw Print Studios, for which she wrote and directed two feature films, The Valley of Fear, and Far from the Sea. She produced and directed the documentary feature Letters to my Grandchildren, which will be submitted to festivals in 2019.
Wolf lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada with her husband, Eric Elliott, two border collies, and a varying number of sheep. She is a yon-dan in Toyama-rhu Iaido, the Japanese art of the sword, a certified instructor in Shiyomi-rhu, and holds a knighthood in the Society for Creative Anachronism. She is a regular attendant of CombatCon, where she takes part in panels on how to write realistic fight scenes.
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June 14, 2020
I'll have to put this on the same mental pile as Ann Maxwell's Fire Dancer series, a very small mental list called Great Popcorn Fantasy Series That Will Never Be Completed And It's A Shame, But At Least We Got What We Got. I'm sorry to see this one end on such a cliffhanger, and with so many big, overarching mysteries left unsolved, but still not sorry I read these two books, with their entertainingly fierce, arrogant shapeshifter heroine and her wholly unique way of looking at the world. These books are so vividly described, particularly around scent, and they're scaled to a power level that I don't see often enough in books, where the protagonist is powerful enough to deal with most problems offhandedly enough that she actually has to make moral and ethical decisions about how to use her power, and where it's also impressive and frightening when she runs across something she just can't handle. I'm really glad I read both of these books. I hope other people find them. Instead of mourning this incomplete series, I'm off to read everything else the author's written.
September 11, 2025
So this was a solid 3.5 that I was going to tip into a 4 based on potential… until I realized this book came out 10+ years ago and that the series wouldn’t be continued. W. T. F. 🥲
*le sigh.
I totally get life throws curve balls and respect the author’s choice to pursue other passions, but I kind of wish I had just started a different series (or actual duology, like I thought this was, lol) instead.
*le sigh.
I totally get life throws curve balls and respect the author’s choice to pursue other passions, but I kind of wish I had just started a different series (or actual duology, like I thought this was, lol) instead.
May 21, 2017
Better than the last
Still cannot follow the story and what is supposed to be going on. The first-person view is awful. I started counting I's.
Still cannot follow the story and what is supposed to be going on. The first-person view is awful. I started counting I's.
July 23, 2016
So I found this series a couple years back completely accidently. I saw the cover of Summoning, read the back, and decided to give it a shot. Inside, I found a great book with an interesting character, a living, breathing setting, and a story that kept me engrossed front to back.
Then, I read there was a sequel coming, called Binding. I waited patiently for it to come out, and then the day it was supposed to be released, the publisher filed for bankruptcy and it disappeared from the world. Sadness ensued. Fortunately, something changed and the book did eventually come out (about a year after the original release date, if I remember right).
I finally got to reading this book and, while there are issues with it (text errors and that sadistic cliffhanger ending), everything I loved about the first book is present and intact. Carol Wolf's LA still feels just as alive and Amber remains just as entertaining as in Summoning.
But that ending man. Left me scouring the internet for any information on the next book that I can find. Not much there, but I remain optimistic. Regardless, I would happily recommend this book (and series) to anyone who likes good urban fantasy, YA, and well-written settings/characters.
A more detailed write-up can be found at http://www.plotworm.com/prose/103/
Then, I read there was a sequel coming, called Binding. I waited patiently for it to come out, and then the day it was supposed to be released, the publisher filed for bankruptcy and it disappeared from the world. Sadness ensued. Fortunately, something changed and the book did eventually come out (about a year after the original release date, if I remember right).
I finally got to reading this book and, while there are issues with it (text errors and that sadistic cliffhanger ending), everything I loved about the first book is present and intact. Carol Wolf's LA still feels just as alive and Amber remains just as entertaining as in Summoning.
But that ending man. Left me scouring the internet for any information on the next book that I can find. Not much there, but I remain optimistic. Regardless, I would happily recommend this book (and series) to anyone who likes good urban fantasy, YA, and well-written settings/characters.
A more detailed write-up can be found at http://www.plotworm.com/prose/103/
December 15, 2014
I was reading the book and all through it I was thinking that it was much better than the first book. Then I came to the end of the book and now all I have to say about the book is it's shit.
It's such a shit ending that the shit bled over into the rest of the book, the first book, and anything else the author might choose to write.
Fecal. Matter.
It's such a shit ending that the shit bled over into the rest of the book, the first book, and anything else the author might choose to write.
Fecal. Matter.
March 20, 2013
I've enjoyed the Cheshire Red Reports by Cherie Priest (so far) and the Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey.
I have been very lucky to discover Binding (I now have to read book 1#) "Amber" prowls along a similar path with a smile that has a few to many teeth.
Read it, you'll enjoy the ride.
I have been very lucky to discover Binding (I now have to read book 1#) "Amber" prowls along a similar path with a smile that has a few to many teeth.
Read it, you'll enjoy the ride.
May 17, 2013
Much worse than the first book over all, some portions are great while others are bad or inconsistent. Part of the storyline seem to have been altered mid-book without the first half of the book getting the same rewrite. Weird.
April 3, 2013
Even better than the first book. Can't wait for the third!
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November 8, 2014DNF
November 7, 2014
OMG! The ending of this novel sucked, BIG TIME! lol
My heart did break about the whole Richard thing and damn if it didn't get all crazy and awesome. When's the next one out?
My heart did break about the whole Richard thing and damn if it didn't get all crazy and awesome. When's the next one out?
April 13, 2015
It was a good story at times I wandered.. ..
July 29, 2015
very good want the next book soon
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