Night of the Wolf by Nathan J.D.L. Rowark

and haunt you like a voluptuous dream.From the Hardcover edition. Her writing will possess you like a fever. By turns lyrical, sensuous, and violent, hers is a vision of the past that will stir both heart and mind. With Night of the Wolf, Alice Borchardt has given us another triumph of soaring imagination and adventure. And the hunt upon which they embark will lead them farther than they can imagine: to the gates of Rome itself. But the two adversaries will prove to have much in common. Following Imona's trail as wolf and man, Maeniel is himself pursued by a warrior woman sworn to kill him. For when Imona vanishes following a Roman massacre, Maeniel begins to learn a very different lesson. It is a knowledge that will change him forever.

In her arms he learns for the first time what it means to love. The sight of her fills Maeniel with unfamiliar feelings and desires, triggering his transformation from wolf to man. Yet as the ancient civilization of the Gallic tribes is systematically destroyed around him, a new Maeniel is about to be born from the ruins.It begins with a woman. Now he is a stranger to his human half, his reason chained to instinct. That Maeniel will not exist for another eight hundred years. Not the mature shapeshifter, secure in his dual nature, whose hard-won wisdom is the equal of his preternatural strength and passion. who is also a man.This is not the Maeniel of The Silver Wolf. Nathan hopes to become further recognised in the field of literary terror, returning to his pen after a 20 year absence. His credits include works published in the Horrorzine, Schlock webzine and various print based publications.

Watching all the while through yellow eyes afire with curiosity and intelligence is Maeniel, a gray wolf. Rowark is a horror writer who lives in London, England. The power of the druids is broken the shattered tribes retreating to the dubious safety of the high mountains or fleeing north into lands as inhospitable as those left behind. Now, with her masterful weaving of adventure, history, and magic, Borchardt delves deeper into the shape-shifter legend, and brings an earlier, more savage time brilliantly to life.The fearsome legions of Julius Caesar have crushed resistance to Roman rule. The Silver Wolf, Alice Borchardt's acclaimed novel of a shapeshifter's struggle to survive as woman and wolf amid the Dark Ages, announced the arrival of a ferociously gifted writer.

Night of the Wolf by Nathan J.D.L. Rowark