Soul Eater (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Book 3) [Import] [Hardcover]

Michelle Paver (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Orion Children's Books; First Edition edition (September 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1842551728
• ISBN-13: 978-1842551721
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,359,642 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michelle Paver was born in central Africa but went to England as a child. After earning a degree in biochemistry from Oxford University, she became a partner in a London law firm but eventually gave that up to write full-time. The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series came from Michelle's lifelong passions for animals, anthropology, and the distant past-as well as an encounter with a large bear in a remote valley in Southern California. To research the books, Michelle has traveled to Finland, Greenland, Sweden, Norway, Arctic Canada, and the Carpathian Mountains. She has slept on reindeer skins, swum with wild killer whales, and gotten nose to nose with polar bears--and, of course, wolves. The first four books have been made into widely acclaimed audiobooks, read by Ian McKellen.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Companion Book for the Series, March 19, 2007

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #3: Soul Eater (Hardcover)

While this book has many surprising twists and turns, it is enjoyable and fun to read. Once again we follow Torak, Wolf, and Renn viewing them all, from there point of view.

Very mild changes do happen though, such as, Wolf now calls Renn 'The Pack Sister' instead of 'Female Tailess'. And Renn also has a much major role in the book then say in WOLF BROTHER, and also the book switches to her view more.

This is a very enjoyable book and I recomend it to any one from 10-100.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Series, October 17, 2007

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This review is from: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #3: Soul Eater (Hardcover)

Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #3: Soul Eater (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness)
This series if wonderful. My son and I started reading this together as a school project. We have purchased all three books and enjoy the time together reading. This is a book that keeps me interested as well as keeping him interested and reading!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A considerable improvement., April 19, 2007

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This review is from: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #3: Soul Eater (Hardcover)

I enjoyed Wolf Brother but hated Spirit Walker and I was weary that this entry in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series was going to be just as meandering and slow. Fortunately it's not and it's just as good as the first book.

Wolf is kidnapped by the evil Soul Eaters so Torak and Renn must chase after them into The Far North to rescue him. Their chase brings them to the Eye of the Viper, a cave deep, deep in a mountain where the Soul Eaters have made their lair and intend to sacrifice 9 hunters to unleash demon hoardes under their control upon the world.

The mythology is getting a tad out of hand though. I don't know whether these forest people simply don't understand science and physics and mistake everything for fate, miracles and magic or if it's just their ancient point of view trying to make sense of it. That complaint aside, it's a good book that you'll not want to put down until you've finished it. It's way more fast moving than Spirit Walker and brings the COAD series back on track.