Wolfskin, Juliet Marillier
Wolfskin, Juliet Marillier
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Wolfskin

Author: Juliet Marillier

Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld

Unabridged: 23 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/20/2018

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

All young Eyvind ever wanted was to become a great Viking warrior—a Wolfskin—and perform honorable deeds out in the name of his War fathergod, Thor. He can think of no future more glorious. And the chance to make it happen is his when his older brother Ulf is brought the tale of a magical land across the sea, a place where men with courage could go to conquer a land and bring glory to themselves. They set out to find this fabled land and discover a windswept and barren place, but one filled with unexpected beauty and hidden treasures … and a people who are willing to share their bounty.

Ulf’s new settlement begins in harmony with the natives of the isles led by the gentle king Engus. And Eyvind finds a treasure of his own in the young Nessa, niece of the king, seer, and princess. His life will change forever as she claims his heart for her own.

But someone has come along to this new land who is not what he seems. Eyvind’s heartfriend, Somerled, the strange and lonely boy Eyvind befriended so long ago has a secret—and his own plans for the future. The blood oath that they swore in childhood binds them in lifelong loyalty, and Somerled is calling in the debt of honor. What he asks might just doom Evyind to kill the only thing that he has ever truly loved.

Will the price of honor create the destruction of all that Eyvind holds dear?

Critically acclaimed fantasist Juliet Marillier returns with the start of a new fantasysaga, a wonderful love story set amidst high adventure. Wolfskin is a lush tale of the clash between the warlike Norsemen and the mysterious and magical people who live at the top of the world in the land that will become Scotland—and it is the story of the man and woman who forge a bond that will remake their world.

“Juliet Marillier is among the most skilled of fantasy writers. … She is far better than Marion Zimmer Bradley.”—Sara Douglass

About Juliet Marillier

Juliet Marillier graduated from the University of Otago with degrees in languages and music. Juliet now writes full-time. She is the author of the Blackthorn & Grim novels and the Sevenwaters series. Her historical fantasy novels and short stories are published internationally and have won a number of awards.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Keertana on April 21, 2013

After my ever-so-slightly-disappointed encounter with Son of the Shadows, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from Wolfskin. It can be a painful process to read the work of a beloved author with the knowledge that the novel in your hands is good, but it isn’t the outstanding masterpiece you were e......more

Goodreads review by Justine on October 28, 2021

While this wasn't my favourite by Marillier, like everything else she writes, that still doesn't take it far from excellent. The trademark richness of setting and character I expect from Marillier is present here, and it makes for a wonderfully engaging story. The main relationship in this story is b......more

Goodreads review by Rosie on May 22, 2020

Um romance épico pelas mãos da minha autora de eleição deixa-me em pulgas. Apesar de o ter há muito, preservei-o para poder usufruir de quando em vez da sua encantadora escrita. As opiniões quanto a esta saga não são tão favoráveis e de facto o início não começou tão prometedor quanto estamos habitua......more

Goodreads review by Nicky on November 22, 2012

Sat down and finished this off in one gulp, three hundred pages in one go, this evening. That seems to be the best way for me to read Marillier's work: I remember doing the same with her other books to finish them, and enjoying them much more at that break-neck pace. Wolfskin is sort of more in my l......more

Goodreads review by Crystal's Bookish Life on November 22, 2022

Deeply impressed with this. This book felt so distinctly tailored to my exact tastes. Ugh I loved it.......more