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The first book in a new epic fantasy series influenced by Slavic history and folklore, from international bestseller John Gwynne
Enter a world of frozen rivers and dark woods, where witches, wolves and worse threats lurk in the shadows.
A world in need of a hero.
The northern invaders swept south and built a new kingdom with blood and iron. The tribes, once fierce and free, are now a conquered people.
But hope remains.
Whispers speak of a hidden artefact which holds power over death itself, and of a girl who cannot walk, but who wields the powers of the old gods - and who knows a secret that could bring the newly-forged kingdom tumbling down.
Master storyteller John Gwynne - who has sold more than a million books worldwide - returns with a powerful story inspired by Slavic mythology, packed with conquest and sacrifice, love and loss, dark magic and dangerous superstition.
Praise for John Gwynne:
'Visceral, heart-breaking and unputdownable' Jay Kristoff
'Masterfully crafted, brutally compelling' Anthony Ryan
'A satisfying and riveting read' Robin Hobb
Praise for The Wolves of War: Book One of The Wolfheart Chronicles
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A masterfully crafted, brutally compelling Norse-inspired epic
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Visceral, heart-breaking and unputdownable
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A satisfying and riveting read. The well-realised characters move against a backdrop of a world stunning in its immensity. It's everything I've come to expect from a John Gwynne book
John Gwynne
John Gwynne studied and lectured at Brighton University. He's played double bass in a rock 'n' roll band, packed soap in a soap factory and dug ditches for a landscaping crew.
He is married with four children, eight goats, five sheep, three dogs, two horses and three ducks and lives in East Sussex, where he is part of a Viking re-enactment group. When not writing or running around after his wife and her crazy animals he can be found standing in a shield wall with his three sons about him.
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