Storm Runner

Wolfwalker #3

by Tara K. Harper, Karen White (Narrator)

Dion, the healer and Wolfwalker, is back home with her friends, and they are preparing for war against Longear. There's trouble with the wolves in the enemy counties. Many of them are fleeing in droves. The rest appear to have broken their generations-long pact with the humans, and are hunting down refugees for the enemy. Dion can no longer communicate with their packsong, and must find out why they have fled and turned. But that means her venturing into dangerous enemy territory without the help of Gray Hishn. The only possible hope is her learning and mastering an ancient The Calling of the Wolves. As with Tara Harper's other Tales of the Wolvesbooks, there is a whirlwind of combat and survival from page one.

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Wolves, Fiction, High Fantasy, Animals

Audio Cassette

First published July 5, 1993

Reviews

[Hacen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actual Rating: 2.75

[Andrea Baker · Rating 5 out of 5]

line is amazing and the details are so wonderful you feel like your actually there!
They were such great stories when I was a young girl that I reread them as an adult!

[Cori Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wolfwalker!
Ok I had to get that out of the way. The wolves say it waaaaay too much sometimes the only thing they say.
I have mixed feelings about this book. It wasn't great but it wasn't bad. I think there was too much build up (feeling more like a builder book than a conclusion in a trilogy) and the end came about too quickly. Making it feel rushed.
I was entertained but there were times I became disinterestedand had to reread a section because I intentionally glossed over it and got confused about what happened. I think it's a pacing problem or mine bc this type of futuristic fantasy isn't my cup of tea (I dislike a few of its tropes) and once I put the book down I felt reluctant to pick it back up. I'm not sure if it is a book thing or my own bias that fueled that. I do have to say my favorite part was Dion's and Aranur's relationship. How the author depicts it, for me, made it worth the read.

[Vianey Rodriguez · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked up this book at a thrift store without having read any of the previous books. I guess that's the reason I just couldn't connect with the story.

Couldn't finish it. Didn't want to.
If it takes over 100 pages to go through a waterfall on a book this short, I don't think the rest is going to be any more interesting to me.

Again, this might be because of the lack of context, but I couldn't bring myself into caring for what awaited on the next chapters.

[Kathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved it!

[Wise_owl · Rating 2 out of 5]

While this book was alright, I found it lacking a bit compared to it's predecessors. In many ways it felt like a 'redo'. Like I was reading something similar to the previous books, which I suppose is alright, but perhaps I am just spoiled by narrative fiction that builds.

There wa sa bit of this. The elements away from Dion, especially 'Siker' the mythical rebel who marks the bodies of the raiders she kills was quite interesting, but the main story-line felt like a rehash of material we've already been over.

I was grateful they dealt with the problem of the wolves, the wolf-walkers, and how they were being used for ill purpose by the Raiders and their ultimate master. However the rest; form Dion's relationship with her future Mate, to the various rushes through wooded ground all felt a little flat. Something I had read before; another travel-log through a semi-mythical forest.

Some of the world building was good. The dribs and drabs we get about the 'Ancients' obvioulsy a previous star-faring civilization, get more interesting in this volume. Interesting enough that the promise of more such information in a future one might keep me reading the series.

I feel on a level I might have enjoyed this book more if I was younger. It harkens back to the Dragon-riders of Pern and a certain 'type' of fiction that I have seen done in better ways. It wasn't bad, just not excellent either.

If you like wolves, or travel-louges through fantasy forests, or just want to see more of the same from this series, this book is for you.

[Cristina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Almost a year after the end of Shadow Leader, we find out what has become of Dion and Aranur, as well as Namina and Conin. More wolves, more running of the trail. But less story.

My least favorite of the Wolfwalker books, although it wraps up the story developed in the first two (like a trilogy) it feels a bit disjointed, not quite complete. Much as I like Dion I would have wanted to hear more about the Siker... Also, I guess I missed the interactions with the characters missing from the other books (notably Rhom and Tyrel).

[Athena · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the wolfwaker series so many times as a young girl and I was impressed with the characters and the magical world that Harper created. To be able to be telepathic with wolves, able to fight and heal telepathically became a childhood fantasy of mine. The characters in this series are strong and amazing with dweaknesses that also shine!

[Skye · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book! Harper kept the intensity and momentum of the first two going in this one, which I really loved--no going quietly into the night for these characters. The ending felt a little abrupt, but everything else was wonderful.

[Theresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

human animal pairing, on a psychological connection between a young girl and her wolf in attempt to help her world... this is a great series.

[Ylrac · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a VERY good book. All of Tara K. Harper's books are very good.