Anne Rice: The Wolf Gift

[KarmaContestant]

I just picked up Anne's new book - she is in top form, here! Anyone else reading this or planning to read it soon? I never expected her to add werewolves to her literary arsenal, but I'm certain this will be an amazing book as only Anne can deliver.

http://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Gift-Anne-Rice/dp/0307595110

The time is the present.

The place, the rugged coast of Northern California. A bluff high above the Pacific. A grand mansion full of beauty and tantalizing history set against a towering redwood forest.

A young reporter on assignment from the San Francisco Observer . . . An older woman welcoming him into her magnificent family home that he has been sent to write about and that she must sell with some urgency . . . A chance encounter between two unlikely people . . . An idyllic night—shattered by horrific unimaginable violence, the young man inexplicably attacked—bitten—by a beast he cannot see in the rural darkness . . . A violent episode that sets in motion a terrifying yet seductive transformation, as the young man, caught between ecstasy and horror, between embracing who he is evolving into and fearing what he will become, soon experiences the thrill of the wolf gift.

As he resists the paradoxical pleasure and enthrallment of his wolfen savagery and delights in the power and (surprising) capacity for good, he is caught up in a strange and dangerous rescue and is desperately hunted as “the Man Wolf” by authorities, the media, and scientists (evidence of DNA threatens to reveal his dual existence) . . . As a new and profound love enfolds him, questions emerge that propel him deeper into his mysterious new world: questions of why and how he has been given this gift; of its true nature and the curious but satisfying pull towards goodness; of the profound realization that there may be others like him who are watching—guardian creatures who have existed throughout time who possess ancient secrets and alchemical knowledge. And throughout it all, the search for salvation for a soul tormented by a new realm of temptations, and the fraught, exhilarating journey, still to come, of being and becoming, fully, both wolf and man.

[Jondalar]

yes, I'm planning on reading it. I ordered my copy. I hope its great.

[Musicman408]

I am planning on reading this soon. Really love Anne Rice. She is the nicest, sweetest lady, and so available for her fans which is fantastic. And she has been beyond supportive of my own writing, which is so touching!

[KarmaContestant]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

yes, I'm planning on reading it. I ordered my copy. I hope its great.

So far I am loving it - it takes me back to her style in The Mummy, or Servant of the Bones.

Speaking of The Mummy, I re-read it while on vacation and can confidently declare it to be my favorite Rice novel ever.

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

So far I am loving it - it takes me back to her style in The Mummy, or Servant of the Bones.

Speaking of The Mummy, I re-read it while on vacation and can confidently declare it to be my favorite Rice novel ever.

So glad you mentioned the Mummy. One of her greatest books ever! I was supposed disappointed when she didn't turn in that into a series. That was when Anne Rice was in TOP form.