<![CDATA[Promise of the Wolves: A Novel]]>

false <![CDATA[Promise of the Wolves: A Novel]]> 2903595 7 Brilliantly weaving together original research, lovable characters and a dynamic, thoroughly engaging plot, The Wolf Chronicles is an adventure story in the tradition of Clan of the Cave Bear and Watership Down. Promise of the Wolves is the first title in The Wolf Chronicles trilogy. 2930736 3 6 2008 Promise of the Wolves: A Novel total:173|5:47|4:63|3:48|2:14|1:1| 173 660 309 69 3 2 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 08:17:58 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 08:18:18 -0700 2008
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Kaala was born with Outsiders blood. She watched her siblings die and her mother exiled by the leaderwolf, all because of the blood and the rules broken by it.

Yet Kaala's life is spared when the Greatwolves step in for unknown reasons....more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 16:19:49 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 14:55:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 08:36:07 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 09 10:38:14 -0700 2008
If you...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 11:13:55 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 11:16:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 12:13:13 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 12:20:15 -0700 2009 This book is set 14,000 years ago, where everything has to hunt for their own food and stuff. It's about a wolf named Kaala who was born into a "m...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 17:11:57 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 09:02:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 20:21:20 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 21:05:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 08:32:25 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 19:02:52 -0700 2009
Never consort with humans
Never kill a human unprovoked
Never allow a mixed-blood wolf to live

Set some 14,000 years ago, and told from the wolves point of view, Kaala, is a young wolf who struggles from birth.
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Promise of the Wolves is marketed to adults, but I found it more to be YA, maybe even childrens' fiction. It's first person narrative--the POV of a young wolf, Kaala. Soon after her birth, her mother is banished for consor...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Sep 26 23:10:52 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 20 15:44:33 -0800 2009 The wolves truly feel like wolves in this book, as much as they can when ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 09:24:05 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 10:54:01 -0700 2008
Never consort with humans.
Never kill a human unprovoked.
Never allow a mixed-blood wolf to live.

Kaala, a young wolf pup of mixed blood, must fight for her place in the Swift River Pack. Her mother was ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 15:48:14 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 12:01:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 15:57:43 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 16:02:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2903595