{"product_id":"blacktail","title":"Blacktail","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Line\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom the Author of The Library at Mount Char\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eScott Hawkins\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Library at Mount Char\u003c\/i\u003e. He works as a Linux engineer focused on big data. He and his wife live in a woodsy area about an hour north of Atlanta. She keeps a nice garden. He's in his tenth year of failing to remodel the basement. \n\u003ci\u003eBlacktail\u003c\/i\u003e is his second novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Transportive. A magnificent, bloody saga that will change the way you look at the world.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Nat Cassidy, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhen the Wolf Comes Home\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eBlacktail \u003c\/i\u003eis a serious, wild, trippy, and gory flight of imagination. It's also an angry romp through our current wasteland. No one is spared the fang.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Paul Tremblay, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHorror Movie \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mesmerizing and strange, like the headiest of folklore. \n\u003ci\u003eBlacktail \u003c\/i\u003eis one to savor; one to delight in the eccentricities of; one to sit with long after it ends.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Olivie Blake, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGirl Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A mad, feral fable--this is beautiful, brutal fantasy, red in tooth in claw. Funny, heartbreaking, violent. All hail \n\u003ci\u003eBlacktail\u003c\/i\u003e. Down with the two-legs.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Chuck Wendig, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Accidents \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Staircase in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Reader, be warned. This is not a gentle book, and those who cannot bear to see an animal hurt should guard their hearts. But persist, and you will be rewarded. \n\u003ci\u003eBlacktail \u003c\/i\u003eis as glorious as it is gruesome.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--V. E. Schwab, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Touching, horrifying, and entertaining. In many places it's impossible--as with any well-written account of animals suffering because of our deeds--to not be moved. . . . You should all get excited for this book and hope that Mr. Hawkins doesn't keep us waiting ten years for another one.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Mark Lawrence, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Prince of Thorns \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Book That Wouldn't Burn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wickedly sharp, unflinchingly brutal, and nothing short of a modern masterpiece. \n\u003ci\u003eBlacktail \u003c\/i\u003ewill consume you.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Marcus Kliewer, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Caretaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eBlacktail \u003c\/i\u003eis a journey through a universe simultaneously surreal and familiar, a tale that will leave claw marks on your brain that won't quickly fade. You simply won't read another book like it this year.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Jason Pargin, author of \u003ci\u003eJohn Dies at the End\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"With a deeply rooted point of view inside an animal's mind, Hawkins delivers a rich mythology laced with both humor and tragedy that will have you reconsidering your own place in the natural order.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Max Doty, author of \u003ci\u003eThe House That Eats the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A tale of lupine vengeance--at first--whose stakes escalate to degrees I never saw coming. Unexpected, blood-soaked, and vividly told.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--qntm, author of \u003ci\u003eThere Is No Antimemetics Division\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Hawkins' long-awaited second novel tackles folk horror by way of a primal nightmare: the beasts of the earth rising up against humans . . . Eerie and unexpected, a strangely satisfying new take on the hero's journey.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is eco-horror at its most primal and visceral--the various animal narrators make it very clear how horrible humans are, and also show how far the animals are all willing to go to get their revenge. Hawkins pulls no punches.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A tale of lupine vengeance--at first--whose stakes escalate to degrees I never saw coming. Unexpected, blood-soaked, and vividly told.\"--qntm, author of \u003ci\u003eThere Is No Antimemetics Division\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe long-awaited second novel from the author of the cult hit \u003ci\u003eThe Library at Mount Char, \u003c\/i\u003ea one-of-a-kind dark fantasy in which a wolf sets out on an epic journey of revenge.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe wolf Blacktail is faithful to his Forest God, but in these times, faith is not enough. His world is besieged by men. Soon his territory will be overrun, and then there will be nowhere left to go. When his mate, a house dog, is killed, Blacktail rebels. He invades the house of her owners, seeking vengeance. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlacktail's fury catches the notice of an ancient and terrible feline witch, who makes an offer. What if Blacktail could end the human race responsible for the death of his family and for the destruction of the natural world, altogether? To do so, Blacktail must find and wake the Forest God. Only He might stand against the plague of men. Blacktail knows that his north woods are dwindling to nothing. He sees no other choice. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Blacktail journeys farther from his wild home and deeper into the world of man, he encounters strangers--animal, mortal, and otherworldly--who, for their own reasons, want to help Blacktail rid the world of humans. Along the way, it becomes clear that he is more than just a wolf. The Forest God is sleeping, yes. 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