Grayheart (Tales of the Wolves) [Mass Market Paperback]

Tara K. Harper (Author)

Book Description

Series: Tales of the Wolves | Publication Date: June 30, 1996

THE TIES THAT BIND
Rezsia was a city girl, unequipped to face the dangers of the wilderness. Although she was a wolfwalker, her telepathic link with the wolves was too new to give her the strength and experience she needed to survive in the forest. Then the elders asked her to investigate a series of strange deaths, and what started out as a straightforward task became a desperate struggle between a hidden evil and the fledgling bond between one wolf cub and a woman.
The odd, older wolfwalker, Coale, could teach Rezsia to join in the packsong and run with the wolves. The scouts assigned to escort her could instruct her in forest survival skills. But when even the packsong held secrets, there was no one she dared trust fully. If she hoped to survive, she would ultimately have to search her soul, sift through the memories of the wolves, and bet her life on an inner strength she had never tested . . .

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

I'm a sucker for wolves. I'm also a sucker for stories about humans who have telepathic relationships with animals (I especially like wolves--did I mention that?). I'd like to do things like climb sheer cliffs and shoot whitewater rapids, but I'm too scared of them. Tara Harper's Tales of the Wolves allows me to experience all of that vicariously. Too bad the wolf part isn't real--I don't think I'd be scared of that. Then again, Tara tells me wolves can be pretty nasty. And they are wild animals, after all. I guess I'll just stick to reading...
                        --Shelly Shapiro, Executive Editor

From the Inside Flap

THE TIES THAT BIND
Rezsia was a city girl, unequipped to face the dangers of the wilderness. Although she was a wolfwalker, her telepathic link with the wolves was too new to give her the strength and experience she needed to survive in the forest. Then the elders asked her to investigate a series of strange deaths, and what started out as a straightforward task became a desperate struggle between a hidden evil and the fledgling bond between one wolf cub and a woman.
The odd, older wolfwalker, Coale, could teach Rezsia to join in the packsong and run with the wolves. The scouts assigned to escort her could instruct her in forest survival skills. But when even the packsong held secrets, there was no one she dared trust fully. If she hoped to survive, she would ultimately have to search her soul, sift through the memories of the wolves, and bet her life on an inner strength she had never tested . . .

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey (June 30, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345380533
• ISBN-13: 978-0345380531
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,700,132 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's BOOK #5! If you read it out of order, too bad!, December 10, 1999

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Edward G. Looney "texas dad" (Tulsa, OK, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grayheart (Tales of the Wolves) (Mass Market Paperback)

Many years after Dion has recovered from the death of her younger son (and almost her own death for the 500th time!), her granddaughter by her remaining birth son undertakes her own adventure.

It was very difficult to bring this later world into alignment with the one we got used to in the first books. It spends a lot of time talking about bio-this and bio-that and how everything on the planet is basically "grown" and not built. Kind'a hokey.

It also has a publication date that is before the fourth book's (Wolf's Bane) publication date. This is too bad. Because, by reading this book before Wolf's Bane, it damaged what would, otherwise, have been a very good story in that 4th book.

This book is ok, but it *was* hard to put myself into this new "future" when I'd become so used to Dion and Aranur's world.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I'd really rate this a 2 1/2, I was very disappointed, April 26, 1998

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This review is from: Grayheart (Tales of the Wolves) (Mass Market Paperback)

Only 1,000? ok...

I was very disappointed after reading this book, the others were sooooooooo much better. But don't dispair! Dion's back in Wolfs Bane and Wolfs Bane is either the best or ties for the best in the series. Grayheart suddenly brought forth about 10 new characters, each more dull than the last...except for the mysterious Coale...I won't say too much more since I don't want to ruin this for everyone. Basically, this book was dry, predictable and was only a fraction of Tara Harper's talent, since it skips into another time, decades later, you don't NEED to read this book to finish the series...since it basically has nothing to do with the others. My advice, skip it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Reading, especially if you like the "Pern" book series, March 1, 1998

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L. Marr (Coos Bay, Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grayheart (Tales of the Wolves) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the forth book of the series and the first one that I have read (so far)

It is about a young woman growing up in her new found skill as a wolfwalker and in her relationship with the wilderness and the people in she is travelling with. It combines a world of people who can communicate with the wolves and a mystery to be solved. The ending was a surprise to me, I never would have thought just who the "bad guy" was! Although the story had a logical ending, it left me wanting to read more. Good book, I'm now a fan!