After losing those close to him, the part-wolf Blacktail becomes an agent of revenge. Humans are the danger in Scott Hawkins's dark animal world.
Kirkus appreciates the animal characters and humour while finding some stages of the journey repetitive. That makes the distinctive perspective the main attraction, rather than a wholly new quest structure. Choose it for brutal fantasy that moves human beings out of the moral centre of the story.
WHO IS IT FOR?
For readers who like speculative premises with a darker or unsettling edge.
