Synopsis:
When
a Viking boy and his sister are hunted by the ferine, arctic wolves
cursed to the Dreadlands, they must reach the city by the sea within
one moon cycle; before a sorceress captures them, seals a spell with
their blood, and returns the realm to Darkness.
Leif Erikson abandoned the settlement in Labrador, Canada, many years ago when the ferine attacked and murdered his small crew. A band of families stayed behind to build, learning to find balance with those who hunted them. Arud is a third generation Norse on this strange soil, and with a grandmother who is unnatural, an anxious mother, and a missing father, his family tree is rooted in secrets. The harvest moon approaches, a single night when the ferine's binds to the Dreadlands are broken, freeing them to hunt. But when one appears beneath Arud's window, his mother rushes him off, urging him to take care of his sister whose sickness grows worse. After meeting a beautiful girl with questionable motives, Arud discovers a prophecy in which the blood of a human and ferine hybrid would shift all power to the Sorceress Edda and her wild pack of hunters. But when Arud learns his sister is the hybrid in this prophecy, his world is shaken as family deceptions unravel. Now the stakes are raised, and getting safely to the city in the sea becomes more than a quest. It becomes survival.
Leif Erikson abandoned the settlement in Labrador, Canada, many years ago when the ferine attacked and murdered his small crew. A band of families stayed behind to build, learning to find balance with those who hunted them. Arud is a third generation Norse on this strange soil, and with a grandmother who is unnatural, an anxious mother, and a missing father, his family tree is rooted in secrets. The harvest moon approaches, a single night when the ferine's binds to the Dreadlands are broken, freeing them to hunt. But when one appears beneath Arud's window, his mother rushes him off, urging him to take care of his sister whose sickness grows worse. After meeting a beautiful girl with questionable motives, Arud discovers a prophecy in which the blood of a human and ferine hybrid would shift all power to the Sorceress Edda and her wild pack of hunters. But when Arud learns his sister is the hybrid in this prophecy, his world is shaken as family deceptions unravel. Now the stakes are raised, and getting safely to the city in the sea becomes more than a quest. It becomes survival.
Excerpt:
DREADLANDS: Wolf Moon.
ΨArud Bergson crept out of his house before dawn,
his sleep cut short by nightmares of the ferine hunting him in broad
daylight. Darkness clung to the remnant of night sky while cool air
washed over his pale skin. As he slipped through his front yard and into
the surrounding woods, he thought of the deer he would catch for his
mother to make bruukish. The traditional stew induced a deep sleep in
most, though Arud found sleep impossible, no matter how much he ate. Ψ
Not when creatures rose from the shadows.
MEET THE AUTHOR:
Jaimie Engle was once sucked into a storybook, where she decided she would become an author. She has modeled bikinis, managed a hip-hop band, and run a body shop. Her passion is talking to kids about writing and social issues because words have power. When not writing, she's probably editing or playing trivia. She lives in Florida with her awesome husband, hilarious children, and the world's best dog.
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