Wolfhound
core novel 1995 Wolfhound
Record
| First published | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  RU |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.21 (1,700 ratings, collected 2026-08-30) |
| Page count | 576 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9785389073593 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Wolfhound, published in 1995, opens among the Grey Dog clan, whose settlement is destroyed in a massacre during the hero's childhood. Taken as a slave, the boy who will become known as Wolfhound is sent to labor in the mines of the Emerald Mountains, a place from which no one has ever escaped alive. Through sheer will he becomes the only slave ever to break free of the mines by his own effort, emerging transformed into a formidable warrior. The novel, rooted in Slavic mythology and Russian and Norse pagan tradition, follows Wolfhound afterward as he makes his way through a world of feuding peoples and old grudges, acting less as a conventional adventurer than as a protector of the weak, while the losses of his childhood continue to shape who he chooses to become.
Where it sits
- Universe: Wolfhound
- Series: The Wolfhound Novels core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Maria Semyonova
Notes
- From the series record (The Wolfhound Novels): The five Wolfhound novels written by Maria Semyonova herself, 1995-2003.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Wolfhound Novels: position 1 of 5: next Wolfhound: The Right for a Fight (1996)
Sources
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