The wolf gift: a novel
Author:
NoveList Series:
Wolf gift chronicles volume 1.
Series:
Wolf gift chronicles volume 1
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Language:
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Vintage Anne Rice—a lushly written, gothic … metaphysical tale. This time, with werewolves.” —The Wall Street Journal
A daring new departure from the inspired creator of The Vampire Chronicles (“unrelentingly erotic . . . unforgettable”—The Washington Post), Lives of the Mayfair Witches (“Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature”—San Francisco Chronicle), and the angels of The Songs of the Seraphim (“remarkable”—Associated Press). A whole new world—modern, sleek, high-tech—and at its center, a story as old and compelling as history: the making of a werewolf, reimagined and reinvented as only Anne Rice, teller of mesmerizing tales, conjurer extraordinaire of other realms, could create.
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.
A daring new departure from the inspired creator of The Vampire Chronicles (“unrelentingly erotic . . . unforgettable”—The Washington Post), Lives of the Mayfair Witches (“Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature”—San Francisco Chronicle), and the angels of The Songs of the Seraphim (“remarkable”—Associated Press). A whole new world—modern, sleek, high-tech—and at its center, a story as old and compelling as history: the making of a werewolf, reimagined and reinvented as only Anne Rice, teller of mesmerizing tales, conjurer extraordinaire of other realms, could create.
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.
Subjects
Subjects
Audiobooks
Bites and stings
Bites and stings -- Fiction
California, Northern -- Fiction
Fantasy fiction
Genetic transformation
Genetic transformation -- Fiction
Good and evil
Good and evil -- Fiction
Horror fiction
Identity (Psychology)
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
Journalists
Journalists -- Fiction
Large print books
Paranormal fiction
Romance fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Werewolves
Werewolves -- Fiction
Bites and stings
Bites and stings -- Fiction
California, Northern -- Fiction
Fantasy fiction
Genetic transformation
Genetic transformation -- Fiction
Good and evil
Good and evil -- Fiction
Horror fiction
Identity (Psychology)
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
Journalists
Journalists -- Fiction
Large print books
Paranormal fiction
Romance fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Werewolves
Werewolves -- Fiction
More Details
Contributors:
ISBN:
9780307742100
9780307990761
9780307877246
9780307595119
9780307990761
9780307877246
9780307595119
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | b5652d4f-e7c9-34ff-1981-632210da1c75 |
---|---|
Grouping Title | wolf gift |
Grouping Author | anne rice |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-05-14 18:19:14PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-05-14 22:19:10PM |
Solr Fields
accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
auth_author2
McLarty, Ron
author
Rice, Anne, 1941-
author2-role
McLarty, Ron
author_display
Rice, Anne
available_at_ashland
Ashland Vaughn Public Library
detailed_location_ashland
Ashland Adult Fiction
display_description
A young reporter on assignment is attacked and bitten by an unknown beast in rural Northern California and begins a terrifying but seductive transformation into a being with a dual nature, both man and wolf.
format_ashland
Book
CD Unabridged
Large Print
CD Unabridged
Large Print
format_category_ashland
Audio Books
Books
Books
id
b5652d4f-e7c9-34ff-1981-632210da1c75
isbn
9780307595119
9780307742100
9780307877246
9780307990761
9780307742100
9780307877246
9780307990761
itype_ashland
AUDIOBOOK ON CD UNABRIDGED
BOOK - HARDCOVER
LARGE PRINT BOOK
BOOK - HARDCOVER
LARGE PRINT BOOK
last_indexed
2024-05-15T03:19:10.091Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Fiction
literary_form_full
Fiction
local_callnumber_ashland
RICE
owning_library_ashland
Ashland Vaughn Public Library
owning_location_ashland
Ashland Vaughn Public Library
primary_isbn
9780307742100
publishDate
2012
2013
2013
publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Anchor Books
Books on Tape
Random House
Anchor Books
Books on Tape
Random House
recordtype
grouped_work
series
Wolf gift chronicles
series_with_volume
Wolf gift chronicles|1
subject_facet
Audiobooks
Bites and stings -- Fiction
California, Northern -- Fiction
Fantasy fiction
Genetic transformation -- Fiction
Good and evil -- Fiction
Horror fiction
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
Journalists -- Fiction
Large print books
Paranormal fiction
Romance fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Werewolves -- Fiction
Bites and stings -- Fiction
California, Northern -- Fiction
Fantasy fiction
Genetic transformation -- Fiction
Good and evil -- Fiction
Horror fiction
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
Journalists -- Fiction
Large print books
Paranormal fiction
Romance fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Werewolves -- Fiction
title_display
The wolf gift : a novel
title_full
The wolf gift / Anne Rice
The wolf gift : a novel / Anne Rice
The wolf gift a novel / Anne Rice
The wolf gift : a novel / Anne Rice
The wolf gift a novel / Anne Rice
title_short
The wolf gift
title_sub
a novel
topic_facet
Bites and stings
Genetic transformation
Good and evil
Identity (Psychology)
Journalists
Werewolves
Genetic transformation
Good and evil
Identity (Psychology)
Journalists
Werewolves
Solr Details Tables
item_details
Bib Id | Item Id | Shelf Loc | Call Num | Format | Format Category | Num Copies | Is Order Item | Is eContent | eContent Source | eContent URL | Detailed Status | Last Checkin | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ils:.b17860039 | .i2759578x | Washburn Large Print Fiction | LP FIC RIC | 1 | false | false | Available | Jan 03, 2019 | walpf | ||||
ils:.b17860039 | .i29844538 | Bayfield Large Print Fiction | LP RIC | 1 | false | false | Available | Feb 12, 2022 | balpf | ||||
ils:.b17860039 | .i27657401 | Eagle River Large Print Fiction | LP RIC | 1 | false | false | Available | Feb 05, 2022 | erlpf | ||||
ils:.b17791315 | .i27449750 | Ashland Adult Fiction | RICE | 1 | false | false | Available | Feb 16, 2023 | asfic | ||||
ils:.b17791315 | .i27587666 | Mercer Adult Fiction | F RIC | 1 | false | false | Available | Dec 04, 2017 | mrfic | ||||
ils:.b17791315 | .i27581226 | Hayward Adult And Young Adult Fiction | RIC | 1 | false | false | Available | Jan 31, 2023 | hafic | ||||
ils:.b17791315 | .i27600932 | Iron River Adult Fiction | F RIC | 1 | false | false | Available | Mar 23, 2023 | irfic | ||||
ils:.b17791315 | .i27744802 | Mellen Adult Fiction | FIC RIC WGC 1 | 1 | false | false | Available | May 21, 2018 | mefic | ||||
ils:.b17791315 | .i27631618 | Boulder Junction Adult Fiction | FIC RIC | 1 | false | false | Available | Oct 20, 2016 | bjafi | ||||
ils:.b17791315 | .i27860590 | Winchester Science Fiction Fantasy | SF RICE | 1 | false | false | Available | Sep 20, 2014 | wnsff | ||||
ils:.b17897415 | .i27939327 | Superior Fiction Audiobooks | CD FIC RIC | 1 | false | false | Available | Jan 02, 2024 | suauf | ||||
ils:.b18782760 | .i29397960 | Lac Courte Oreilles Horror | HORROR RICE 1 | 1 | false | false | Available | Feb 02, 2015 | lchor |
record_details
Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ils:.b17860039 | Large Print | Books | Large print ed | English | Random House | [2012] | 656 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. | |
ils:.b17791315 | Book | Books | 1st ed | English | Alfred A. Knopf | 2012 | 403 pages ; 25 cm. | |
ils:.b17897415 | CD Unabridged | Audio Books | English | Books on Tape | [2012] | 14 audio discs (17 hr., 19 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | ||
ils:.b18782760 | Book | Books | 1st ed | English | Anchor Books | 2012 | 502 pages, 18 pages ; 25 cm. |
scoping_details_ashland
Bib Id | Item Id | Grouped Status | Status | Locally Owned | Available | Holdable | Bookable | In Library Use Only | Library Owned | Holdable PTypes | Bookable PTypes | Local Url |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ils:.b17860039 | .i2759578x | On Shelf | Available | false | true | true | true | false | false | 9999 | 9999 | |
ils:.b17860039 | .i29844538 | On Shelf | Available | false | true | true | true | false | false | 9999 | 9999 | |
ils:.b17860039 | .i27657401 | On Shelf | Available | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b17791315 | .i27449750 | On Shelf | Available | false | true | true | false | false | true | 9999 | ||
ils:.b17791315 | .i27587666 | On Shelf | Available | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b17791315 | .i27581226 | On Shelf | Available | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b17791315 | .i27600932 | On Shelf | Available | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b17791315 | .i27744802 | On Shelf | Available | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b17791315 | .i27631618 | On Shelf | Available | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b17791315 | .i27860590 | On Shelf | Available | false | true | true | true | false | false | 9999 | 9999 | |
ils:.b17897415 | .i27939327 | On Shelf | Available | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b18782760 | .i29397960 | On Shelf | Available | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 |