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Werewolf: The Apocalypse: Tribe Novel #3
Red Talons & Fianna
Savage werewolves and warriors of Gaia, the Garou face their greatest challenge yet: a beast that eats their memories. And the Garou, without their legends, are nothing. Against this beast stand Big Sis Carlita, a young Bone Gnawer who travels to the belly of the beast with her packmates. Meanwhile her mentor, the Stargazer Antonine Teardrop, uncovers a secret more terrible still. Can either of them survive against such odds?
288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 1, 2001
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Philippe Boulle
21 books3 followersLibrarian Note:
Some Spanish language edition has the Author's name mispelled as "Phillipe Boulle"
Some Spanish language edition has the Author's name mispelled as "Phillipe Boulle"
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May 28, 2017
This third volume is much better than the precedent one. In Red Talons, the main character, Storm Eye, has a very interesting past and her background as a wolf reveals a intern conflict that she has led for some time against her human side. In so doing, the author, Philippe Boule, manages to put a very impressive feat: showing us what it could mean to be a werewolf born as a wolf -- or to put it otherwise, what it means to be a wolf capable of shape-shifting into a human and as such capable of thinking as a human. Storm Eye's tragic tale is also a great opportunity to show us, readers, the world of Lupus-dominated caerns and septs in the Canadian north, and it is a huge addition to the Werewolf universe.
The Fianna novel has a weaker lead character but resumes the storyline about Arkady who is clearly and should have been much more decisively the central character of the Garou saga novels. Arkady is a complex, psychologically interesting anti-hero, much deeper and subtle than other typical Garou characters (such as Albrecht whom I especially despise with his straight-out, unthinking, bold attitude). As such, the novel is interesting and even if some passages read like they have been hastily written, others demonstrate Eric Griffin's writing skills. The cinematic cutting into chapters that strongly resemble film scenes works against the narrative flow in this novel, and I'm sure that without these constraints and with more time, more work and more attention, this novel could have been much better. Also, it contains a good point, i.e. every character and every situation needs not to make perfect sense, to fit perfectly into the plot and to be easily identifiable. The witch character, Deirdre, is both frightening and wonderful in her very strangeness and lack of story-usefulness.
All in all, a much better volume, one which makes me want to continue to re-read this series, especially with the revelation about what lay at the heart of the mountain where it all began and the quest that Arkady has decided to embark on.
The Fianna novel has a weaker lead character but resumes the storyline about Arkady who is clearly and should have been much more decisively the central character of the Garou saga novels. Arkady is a complex, psychologically interesting anti-hero, much deeper and subtle than other typical Garou characters (such as Albrecht whom I especially despise with his straight-out, unthinking, bold attitude). As such, the novel is interesting and even if some passages read like they have been hastily written, others demonstrate Eric Griffin's writing skills. The cinematic cutting into chapters that strongly resemble film scenes works against the narrative flow in this novel, and I'm sure that without these constraints and with more time, more work and more attention, this novel could have been much better. Also, it contains a good point, i.e. every character and every situation needs not to make perfect sense, to fit perfectly into the plot and to be easily identifiable. The witch character, Deirdre, is both frightening and wonderful in her very strangeness and lack of story-usefulness.
All in all, a much better volume, one which makes me want to continue to re-read this series, especially with the revelation about what lay at the heart of the mountain where it all began and the quest that Arkady has decided to embark on.
February 17, 2024
we return to quality of the first book. Likely with the help of Eric Griffin penning Fianna, who wrote my other favorite entry so far in the series which was Get of Fenris. The man can write vividly, both in description/action and dialogue. He retains the otherworldly setting while adding a human touch. I loved Stuart, his cursed trudge up the mountain, leading to a quiet finale with the fallen lord and him discussing an impossible plan. Father-of-Serpents and Diedre are unique and formidable villains and I couldn't get enough of them, as well as the imagery of Diedre's shawl that extends to whole mountainsides.
Red Talons is decent as well but not the knockout that is Fianna. Storm-Eye's arc was poignant enough, from her flashbacks as a feral wolf to solitary creature to at realizing the importance of family. It falls a little short though on the present day situation and not fleshing out these new characters she's supposed to feel kin to by the end. The internal stuff is very well written while the external stuff is a little bland. It took me a while to get through Red Talons, compared to Fianna which unraveled easily and beautifully and terribly. Looking forward to Bone Gnawers & Stargazers!
Red Talons is decent as well but not the knockout that is Fianna. Storm-Eye's arc was poignant enough, from her flashbacks as a feral wolf to solitary creature to at realizing the importance of family. It falls a little short though on the present day situation and not fleshing out these new characters she's supposed to feel kin to by the end. The internal stuff is very well written while the external stuff is a little bland. It took me a while to get through Red Talons, compared to Fianna which unraveled easily and beautifully and terribly. Looking forward to Bone Gnawers & Stargazers!
July 2, 2018
Full review here:
http://jamesgenrebooks.blogspot.com/2...
As I've said before the Tribe novels have a much more conventional time line, while we keep returning to the initial meeting that set off the events, each story is a forward progress, and there's a lot less backtracking to the stories.
http://jamesgenrebooks.blogspot.com/2...
As I've said before the Tribe novels have a much more conventional time line, while we keep returning to the initial meeting that set off the events, each story is a forward progress, and there's a lot less backtracking to the stories.
November 12, 2012
Fine entry in the series, although I thought the Fianna side was a bit weak.
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