Spirit of the Wolf [Mass Market Paperback]

Diana G. Gallagher (Author)

Book Description

Series: Charmed | Publication Date: October 2, 2001

SPIRIT OF THE WOLF

In the untouched forests,

A magic beast appears.

A savior of the land --

Or symbol of deepest fears!

At a remote resort in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, a tree bursts into flames, an animal skull oozes blood, and a wolf threatens to attack, then vanishes like a ghost. The police suspect a nearly extinct Native American group that was forced off the resort's land long ago. Others blame the owners of the resort for defiling sacred tribal lands.

Phoebe and Paige arrive for a pre-opening weekend and some sisterly bonding, but are soon drawn into danger by incidents both natural and unnatural. A powerful shaman holds the key to the mystery with his secret knowledge -- knowledge that is shared by the wolf haunting the land. The sisters call upon Piper, Leo, and Cole for guidance -- and summon all their powers to confront a demon as cunning as any they have ever encountered!

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books (October 2, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743442555
• ISBN-13: 978-0743442558
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #31 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Teens > Horror

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a nice weekend getaway and a free one at that, May 16, 2002

By 

tammy (chicago, il United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spirit of the Wolf (Mass Market Paperback)

piper and leo are feeling that they have no space and privacy in
the manor with two sisters living there with them. so when pheobe
gets a chance to photograph a new wilderness retreat resort and
offers to take paige with her, piper and leo are estatic. but from the start the weekend is filled with danger. from flash
floods, rock slides, ghosts, snakes and a lone wolf appearing,
the vacation is anything but relaxing. it seems that the resort
is on disputed lands that a native american tribe is claiming is
theirs. is all the super natural happening being caused by the
tribe who want their land back? or is it something more sinister
than that? in the end the power of three will have to come into
play to settle this along with leo and cole. i found it nice that
the author threw in cole and leo and gave us an up to date book
with paige in it. although i am still a big prue fan, the books
have to get updated to fit the tv show. this was not one of the
best charmed books to date, but it had a few good spots in it.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spirit Of The Wolf ROCKS, June 25, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Spirit of the Wolf (Mass Market Paperback)

Piper and Leo want some privacy around the Halliwel Manor. Well they're in luck. Pheobeis looking for a job and she finds one that happeneds to be for the same magazine that Prue used to work at. So they give Pheobe a chance. Pheobe has to take pictures ,for the zine, of a Sierra Nevada resort. But recently at that resort there have been deadly pranks such as a tree bursting into flames and a skull oozing blood, and there's a wolf that vanishes like a ghost. Yet Pheobe doesn't know that. But she'll find out with Paige. Pheobe had invited Paige to come along to get to know eachother since they had recently met.

When the sisters arrive the tricks start again.The sisters and the police think the culprit is a nearly distinct indian tribe with a shamon that is very powerful. The shamon knows the key on how to vanquish this wolf, but noone can get him to speek. The sisters summon Piper, Leo, and Cole for some guidence. But are they still prepared to fight the demon behind this?

Find out in this well written story by Dianne Gallahger

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just like watching an episode, January 8, 2003

By 

Erika Soeterik (Auckland, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spirit of the Wolf (Mass Market Paperback)

Phoebe is going to go on assignment as a photographer for 415 - the magazine that Prue had worked for. It involves a trip to a new survivalist resort, which seems like a perfect time to take Paige on a sisters bonding weekend. Piper and Leo are looking forward to a weekend by themselves, but nothing goes to plan. A series of spooky and dangerous events leave Phoebe and Paige in real danger - but they have a chance to stop the magic that surrounds the resort. The three sisters must come together to outsmart an ancient evil.

Sometimes books based on a TV series fail to capture you because the person obviously hasn't watched enough episodes to really figure out the characters - or worse hasn't watched any at all. You don't get that with this book - it really is like it was an episode written for the series. Everyones little quirks are there, and you can just see the look on Pipers face when she and Leo get interrupted again!

This book comes highly reccomended - as do all the TV novelisations by this author - she has a real feel for the shows and the only author who matches the quality/goes past her work is Christopher Golden. Enjoy the episode.