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Black Wolves (The Black Wolves Trilogy) Paperback – November 3, 2015

by Kate Elliott (Author)

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An exiled captain returns to help the son of the king who died under his protection in this rich and multi-layered first book in an action-packed new series.

Twenty two years have passed since Kellas, once Captain of the legendary Black Wolves, lost his King and with him his honor. With the King murdered and the Black Wolves disbanded, Kellas lives as an exile far from the palace he once guarded with his life.

Until Marshal Dannarah, sister to the dead King, comes to him with a plea-rejoin the palace guard and save her nephew, King Jehosh, before he meets his father's fate.

Combining the best of Shogun and Vikings, Black Wolves is an unmissable treat for epic fantasy lovers everywhere.

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Series: The Black Wolves Trilogy (Book 1)
Paperback: 832 pages
Publisher: Orbit (November 3, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316368695
ISBN-13: 978-0316368698
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.4 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.6 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: #38,462 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

The best epic fantasy book I read this year

By Aliette De Bodard on November 19, 2015

Format: Paperback

Once the beloved captain of the King’s Black Wolves, Captain Kellas retired in disgrace and wants nothing more to do with court politics–but when the king summons him to his palace and involves him in a feud between his two wives, Kellas feels duty-bound to step in. Dannarah, the great-aunt of the current king, is a reeve, bonded to a giant eagle and entrusted with watching over the land; but all is not well in the reeves’ halls… Sarai is a member of a rich but distrusted minority; disgraced through her mother’s acts, she finds salvation in an arranged marriage. And Lifka is an outlander child, who should have been marked as a slave but instead found a beloved family–but unexpectedly finds herself drawn into the politics of the court…

It’s hard to summarise Black Wolves, partly because it is a thick book; but also because it is so very, very dense. Elliott excels at worldbuilding, and the tangled skein of politics and religion she weaves in the book is absolutely masterful–this is a universe that feels lived-in and real, and not merely a prop for a war. Black Wolves tackles ideas of duty to one’s country and one’s king, and how far they can be separated–but it also deals, interestingly, with the past. The prologue, set 42 years before the main narration, seems at first an interesting if bewildering choice when the pace moves forward and a lot of the characters are lost; but it turns out to be an absolutely key piece of the book, as one of the major themes is change, and the moment of change–and the question of how much a kingdom has to change to face the future.Read more ›

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

Promising, fun beginning to a new epic fantasy series

By E. Smiley on November 15, 2015

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Kate Elliott never fails me. She consistently writes fun, thoughtful, original fantasy, featuring diverse and interesting characters of both genders, and set in complex, textured worlds. This book is no exception. It must be said, however, that the beginnings of her series are consistently and painfully dull; I was about 200 pages into this one before it convinced me.

Black Wolves is the first novel in a new epic fantasy series set in the world of the Hundred, which also featured in the Crossroads Trilogy. While I recommend reading that trilogy, because it is good, that is not necessary to understand this one. This book begins about 16 years after the end of Traitors’ Gate, but after 80 pages it jumps ahead another 44 years, and then the real story begins. As another reviewer aptly described it, this is modern epic fantasy, in the best sense: a story told on a large scale, but driven by characters rather than tropes.

Note: this review will contain spoilers for the first half of the book, because as I said, the first 200 pages aren’t really worth talking about.

Like most epic fantasy, this features several point-of-view characters, though it still feels focused, as the connections among characters quickly become clear. Dannarah is a blunt, opinionated reeve marshal (i.e. a leader who flies about on a giant eagle); she is of the royal family but has her own ideas about where the country should go, and at age 60, she’s not taking any nonsense. Kellas is a disgraced but skillful guard captain and longtime associate of Dannarah’s, and comes out of retirement to deal with a precarious situation at the palace. And Sarai is a cloistered but knowledgeable young woman who jumps at the chance of an arranged marriage to escape her outcast status at home.Read more ›

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Demons and Rebels

By Arthur W Jordin on December 17, 2015

Format: Paperback

Black Wolves (2015) is the first Fantasy novel in the Black Wolves trilogy. It is set in the Hundred towns where the nine Cloaked Demons rule.

In this novel, Anjihosh is the King of the Hundred. He is half Qin and half Sirni. He has led his Qin warrior into the Hundred and broke the rule of the Guardians. His consort is Zayrah. They have a boy and five daughters.

Arani is a Prince of the Hundred. He is the first son of Anjihosh and Zayrah and is heir to the throne.

Dannarah is a Princess of the Hundred. She is the first daughter of Anjihosh and Zayrah and would like to rule the Hundred.

Irlin is Anjihosh's mother. She is a Lady of the Sirniakian court.

Kellas is a native of the Hundred. He climbs Law Rock on a dare.

In this story, Kellas is captured by soldiers on top of Law Rock. He is taken to the King for judgement. He observes Arani and Dannarah playing a board game while Anjihosh watches.

The King sends the children to eat with their mother. Then he questions Kellas. After Kellas confessed his breaking of the law, Anjihosh offers him the choice of death or becoming a silent Wolf, the spies within the elite force.

Eight years later, Kellas come to the King to report a success and a failure. He has found the informer among the Black Wolves, but his mind has been read by a Guardian. He had stabbed her, but she pushed him away and flew off on a flying horse.

Five of the Guardians have been killed. The remaining four have been outwitting the Black Wolves. This is only the last incident in the war.

Anjihosh promotes Kellas to Captain and assigns him to guarding Arani and Dannarah. Arani sends his bodyguards off and asks Kellas to go with him.Read more ›

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Happy Families, Happy Betrayals

The story starts with a novella about Kellas, who climbed the unclimbable mountain and became bodyguard to the King and then his son. Read more

Published 9 hours ago by sylviamcivers

So thrilled to return to the Crossroads world. We ...

So thrilled to return to the Crossroads world. We get to see some characters from the original series, but mainly it's told through the 2nd and 3rd generation.

Published 5 days ago by Melita Kennedy

Intricate but long

Huge book with really interesting world-building and developed characters, but has some points where it drags. Read more

Published 14 days ago by Jennifer Shew

fun continuation of Crossroads

Kate Elliott returns to the world of the one hundred that she set up in her Crossroads Trilogy (Spirit Gate, Shadow Gate, and Traitor’s Gate all in paper) Kellas was one of the... Read more

Published 19 days ago by Henry L. Lazarus

Unreserved 5 stars

This was the book I had with me when I was stuck in an airport for 10 hours due to a delayed flight. It engrossed me the entire time. Read more

Published 27 days ago by CMN

44 Years is Too Long

I've long been a fan of Kate Elliot's work. I love her characters - men and women both - and her world building often feels authentic, in an alternate history kind of way. Read more

Published 1 month ago by N. Finney

Epic fantasy that shows Elliott is just getting better and better

That was awesome. It takes a while to get going, and the setting is a complex secondary-world, with magic, politics, and multiple cultures and ethnicities in play. Read more

Published 1 month ago by C.M.

Well written but didn't grab me

I am never a fan of time jumps and then recall in flashbacks. I found it too hard to connect with any of the main characters.

Published 1 month ago by Joanne Watkins USA

Awesome!

Another Kate Elliott masterpiece in which we finally get to see what became of the Hundred after an astonishing cliffhanger. Fantastic as always!

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