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Zusatztext 'I'd definitely get my friends to read this book!' Informationen zum Autor Born in Malawi to a Belgian mother and a father who ran the tiny 'Nyasaland Times'! Michelle Paver moved to the UK when she was three. She was brought up in Wimbledon and! following a Biochemistry Degree from Oxford! she became a partner in a big City law firm. She gave up the City to follow her long-held dream of becoming a writer. Successfully published as an adult author! the CHRONICLES OF ANCIENT DARKNESS are her first - brilliant - books for children. Klappentext The wound in his arm burnedand with each breath his bruised ribs ached savagely!but he didn't dare stop.The Forest was full of eyes.Birch trees whispered of his passing.He begged them not to tell the bear . . . Torak is alone: wounded! terrified! and on the run. An outcast like his father! he has avoided all contact with the clans - until now. Now his father lies dead: slaughtered by a demon in the form of a great bear.Somehow! Torak must keep going. His only ally is an orphaned wolf cub. His only chance of survival is his skill as a hunter. But starvation isn't the only thing in the Forest to fear.Through the whispering spruce trees comes an evil more terrible than any clan can imagine! let alone defeat. The Moon of Red Willow is fast approaching: and soon Torak - and only Torak - must face a foe he can neither outrun nor outwit; a foe who stalks him as silently as breath.WOLF BROTHER is an enthralling story of friendship! survival and betrayal. It carries you back thousands of years to the ancient darkness of the Forest: to a world steeped in natural magic and elemental terror: a world of wolves and aurochs! tree spirits and Hidden People; a world in which trusting a friend means risking your life. Dazzling entertainment, seamless storytelling - the first title in a six part series set thousands of years ago in a world of myth, menace, natural magic and exhilarating adventure. Zusammenfassung Thousands of years ago the land is one dark forest. Its people are hunter-gatherers. They know every tree and herb and they know how to survive in a time of enchantment and powerful magic. Until an ambitious and malevolent force conjures a demon: a demon so evil that it can be contained only in the body of a ferocious bear that will slay everything it sees! a demon determined to destroy the world. Only one boy can stop it - 12 year old Torak! who has seen his father murdered by the bear. With his dying breath! Torak's father tells his son of the burden that is his. He must lead the bear to the mountain of the World Spirit and beg that spirit's help to overcome it. Torak is an unwilling hero. He is scared and trusts no one. His only companion is a wolf cub only three moons old! whom he seems to understand better than any human. Theirs is a terrifying quest in a world of wolves! tree spirits and Hidden People! a world in which trusting a friend means risking your life. ...
