Wolf Rising

by Hickory Crowl

'A cracker of a book.' Eclipse Magazine 'My body is not the body I had before I travelled to China. Teeth now crowd my jaw, I can spot deer in the woods from half a mile away, and to me, the tiny feet of mice no longer patter, they boom like trampling elephants. I am changing. A volcano of fury is stirring, trapped only by the thinnest crust of skin and willpower. The spirit of the hamrammr is in my blood... EVIL BECKONS!' The year is 1870. Major Tor, a mercenary and deadly sniper, is called from battle and ordered to stop Locust, a SWARM assassin who is planning to murder the King of Sweden. From the rubble and watery craters of France to the shadowy corridors and tunnels of Stockholm's old castle, Tor must discover who the assassin is and stop his, or her plan to throw a country into a barbaric and bloody war. Accompany him if you dare into a world of bayonets and bullets, where the enemy's sword is forever chasing his shadow. But remember this, when you hunt assassins... ...TRUST NOBODY! 'So many twists, I felt dizzy.' Bookworm

280 pages, Paperback

First published September 9, 2015

Reviews

[Faiz Kermani · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fast-moving, entertaining adventure that takes Tor the Assassin from the gory battle fields of northern France and drags him into the murky politics of Scandinavia before dropping him in the Far East to deal with the intrigues in imperial China. The story has lots of twists, double-crossing characters and treachery to keep you wondering what will happen next. With the constant theme of a race against time to stop a disaster happening, Tor really has his work cut out! He may be a battle-hardened veteran, but I almost felt sorry for him trying to keep one step ahead of his opponents. The historical settings reminds me in parts of the Sally Lockhart books by Philip Pullman, but at other times the plot is more reminiscent of Ian Fleming's James Bond. Unique and gripping, Wolf Rising is well worth checking out.