In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen
- Author Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- Narrator Maya Saroya
- Publisher Hachette Children's Group
- Run Time 6 hours and 45 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Magical realism.
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What to expect
'A stunning adventure - masterly storytelling from Kiran Millwood Hargrave' Cressida Cowell
In the lakes, the wolf queen sharpens her spear.
In the mountains, an ancient girl opens an eye.
In the forest, an orphan is summoned by the trees.
Our story has begun ...
Ysolda has lived her life in the shadow of the wolf queen's tyrannical rule but, safe in her forest haven, she has never truly felt its threat.
Until one day when a mysterious earthquake shakes the land and her older sister Hari vanishes in its wake.
Accompanied by her loyal sea hawk, Nara, Ysolda embarks on a desperate rescue mission. But when she is forced to strike a bargain with the wolf queen herself, she soon finds herself embroiled in a quest for a magic more powerful - and more dangerous - than she could ever have imagined ...
This is the first in the Geomancer trilogy, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Julia and the Shark, The Mercies and The Girl of Ink and Stars.
Critics Review
The kind of fantasy adventure I have always loved: evocative and imaginative and destined to be a classic
A stunning adventure story – masterly storytelling from Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Fierce, lyrical and compulsively readable; an earth-shattering fantasy
The Wolf Queen herself is majestically ambiguous, sometimes magnetic and inspiring, sometimes chilling. And every adventure is better with giant sea wolves
Bold, breathtaking and unbelievably beautiful fantasy
A truly epic fantasy adventure, full of wild magic, fierce bravery and the incredible power of love. I was utterly swept away by this masterpiece!
Kiran Millwood Hargrave has crafted a wholly original world full of wild magic and thrilling adventure. The story sings and soars with her gorgeous, lyrical prose. This is a book to treasure
Lyrical and engrossing from the first line
This is a lyrical masterwork – an epic adventure woven from myth and magic, friendship and darkness. I loved it!
The award-winning Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a class act embarking on an engrossing fantasy trilogy with In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen. Unlikely heroine Ysolda is made homeless by an earthquake and the arrival of the Wolf Queen’s feared Ryders. Catapulted into a quest to rescue her imprisoned healer sister, she has to connive and plot to get near the answer to why everything is dying. Nuanced and varied female characters power this gripping, evocative plot about power-lust and the natural world in disarray.
The first in an epic fantasy trilogy from Kiran Millwood Hargrave, In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen celebrates magic, nature and adventure
Part natural phenomenon, part myth, this immersive adventure is luscious and dark
This fantasy is one of the autumn’s most exciting new books
Animals and ancient magic thrill in the first of a new trilogy
This tale of adventure and magic is as brave as it is exciting
The start of a new series, this is a beautifully and gently written story that is part adventure, part fairytale, part mystery, and with underlying tones of magic and mythology. With a main character as fierce and brave as any you’d find in a Katherine Rundell novel, themes of environmental consciousness, and elements of Tolkien, it’s an immersive and immensely enjoyable read
A fantastical adventure, built on the foundations of the real world, and brimming with the kind of alluring, elemental magic that stretches your imagination into the furthest and most fertile regions of the mind…a dazzling opener to what promises to be a modern classic
Rich in Millwood Hargrave’s exquisite, atmospheric style. The world building is rich, as the reader is carried through ship-carcass built castles and eerily silent, boggy woods. In one chapter you feel you are hiking through the forest alongside Ysolda, in another rotting, salty sea air wafts from the page…a richly imagined new fantasy series about the power of nature and strength of sisterly love
Kiran is an exceptional writer whose world-building is always vivid and immersive…the book is one to savour and immerse yourself in…a must-read
I became completely absorbed in the story, with its amazing detail, descriptive text, and fast pace. I wait in anticipation for the next episode of this trilogy!
This dark adventure weaves myths and natural phenomena in a twisty web
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