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Seekers Wulfrock (The Wolves of Time, Vol. 2)

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If I have a few criticisms of the final volume of Wolves of Time; if I consider it a little less magnificent than its predecessor, don't be put off: it's still a majestic novel, filled with powerful characters, surging with emotion; unforgettable.

I think what problems the book does have come from the fact thatWolves of Time was supposed to be a trilogy, but because of complex, infuriating commercial/legal pressures,Horwood was compelled to condense the second and third projected volumes into one final text. It shows, I think. The pacing is a little uneven; taking its own good time for much of the first half, and suddenly accelerating at the end, speeding past events in a few pages that obviously could have - probably should have - filled an entire seperate book.'

Notwithstanding that; everything else which was great about the first volume is still here. It's a book of veryintense emotions, and you should be warned that it's even more graphically brutal than the original. And when I say graphic, I mean if wolves being nailed up by their genitals or being disembowelled sounds a bit intense for you, you might want to avoid this one. But harrowing as it can be - and you really have to grit your teeth to get through some of the scenes - there are moments when it will set your emotions soaring, too.

Hell, if you've read the first one all the way through, you're going to buy this one anyway, so the review is sort of redundant. It's a great story. If you even half suspect you'll like it, you'll most likely fall in love with it. Go get it.

The second book of the series comes to an end with the wolves of time(from an earlier book-journeys to the heartland) when the Mennen(mankind) destroy everything the wolves know and a few of the pups get killed too which is quite sad. Amazingly graphic and with intense descriptions makes you want to read on through this book of adventure,love and friendship. I couldn't put the book down and when it was over, I wanted the sequel to be a trilogy! I didn't want to put the book down because I felt like I was one of the pack, just totally wild and almost free. I loved the ending although it made me cry... A book that's definitely worth reading because it questions the morals of men and whether we should "own" the planet since there are other animals we share it with...

I LOVED the first book in the series. It should have been one of my favorite books ever. Besides being a great animal story, it adds in mysticism and real life situations, as well as characters I cared about.

This book left me disappointed, and upset.
The post-apocalyptic state of the world is more fully revealed in this book which gave the story a bit of a turn, which in itself was no bad thing, and made the state of the world more a world wide event than just something of the wolf's state.
But, in doing so, I believe it added just a bit TOO much gore, graphic and disturbing violence.
Violence in this story in itself would have been appropriate, to an extent, but after repeated rapes, brutal tortures of animals and humans, incest and beastiality... I was just left with a really bad taste in my mouth. None of this really affected the story enough to justify (to me) its inclusion or at least the sheer amount of it.

The story DOES get severly rushed in the latter half, but as people noted, it WAS supposed to be a trilogy.
The problem with this was, however, that the last half becomes a race of carnage and killings. Character after character is killed off in some gruesome way, sometimes in as little as three paragraphs. The last few chapters in particular are simply a few paragraphs or a few pages at most that "wrap up" character's storylines. I felt cheated after spending so much reading time caring what happened, and the character was written out in a few words!

Definately lost all emotion for me between the rush job, emotionless ending, and the violence/perversions.

NOT for children.

a great sequal. I loved the characteristics of the wolves and felt myself joining the pack and running with them. the encounters with the Mennen leave me shaking and trembling, while encounters with Mann give me hope for the future I book seen through the eyes of wolves full of hope for the future and regret over past incidents that may or may not happen again in the future for wolfkind and humanity.

This book is the best I have ever read, it fills you with all types of emotions, mostly amazment. You have got to read it.