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Warlock by Glen Cook

Warlock

Book Two of the Dark War Trilogy

Glen Cook

Night Shade Books · Print & ebook · July 26, 2013

The world grows colder with each passing year, the longer winters and ever-deepening snows awaking ancient fears within the Dengan Packstead, fears of invasion by armed and desperate nomads, attack by the witchlike and mysterious Silth, able to kill with their minds alone, and of the Grauken, that desperate time when intellect gives way to buried cannibalistic instinct, when meth feeds upon meth.

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Who it’s for
Marika’s threatened Packstead faces human and supernatural dangers as a legendary power awakens within her.
Themes
Awakening power, Loyalty to family and community, Survival against escalating threats
Genres
Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Military Fantasy

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The world grows colder with each passing year, the longer winters and ever-deepening snows awaking ancient fears within the Dengan Packstead, fears of invasion by armed and desperate nomads, attack by the witchlike and mysterious Silth, able to kill with their minds alone, and of the Grauken, that desperate time when intellect gives way to buried cannibalistic instinct, when meth feeds upon meth.

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For Marika, a young pup of the Packstead, loyal to pack and family, times are dark indeed, for against these foes, the Packstead cannot prevail. But awakening within Marika is a power unmatched in all the world, a legendary power that may not just save her world, but allow her to grasp the stars themselves. From Glen Cook, author of the Black Company and Dread Empire novels. The second book in the Darkwar series.

The Dengan Packstead

Marika’s threatened Packstead faces human and supernatural dangers as a legendary power awakens within her.

Come here for

  • A young pup’s loyalty to family and pack
  • Ancient fears of nomads, the Silth, and the Grauken

Expect

  • Longer winters and ever-deepening snows
  • A second volume in the Darkwar series

Where it sits

Dark Fantasy86%
Epic Fantasy44%
Military Fantasy23%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Fantasy
  • Dark Fantasy
  • The Occult & Supernatural
Authors
Glen Cook
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Published
July 26, 2013
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Awakening power · Loyalty to family and community · Survival against escalating threats
Reading lane
Fantasy