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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.
Look for Anne Rice’s new book, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, coming November 29, 2016.
From the Hardcover edition.
- Sales Rank: #2142475 in Books
- Brand: Rice, Anne
- Published on: 2012-02-14
- Released on: 2012-02-14
- Format: Large Print
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.26" h x 1.36" w x 6.17" l, 1.35 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 656 pages
Review
“The Wolf Gift is vintage Anne Rice—a lushly written, gothic…metaphysical tale. This time, with werewolves.”
—Alexandra Alter, The Wall Street Journal
“Anne Rice has done it again. In her latest novel, The Wolf Gift, the woman who single-handedly, reinvented the vampire genre puts her formidable talent to work rewriting ‘were-wolf’ lore and in the end succeeds magnificently.”
—Nola Cancel, Examiner
“[Rice] returns to the lushly evocative scenery and gothic atmosphere of her vampire novels with great success. . . her reimagining of a well-worn mythology is fresh and intriguing. Fans of Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches series should delight in this new saga delivered in the author’s distinctive style. Part creation story, part love story, all excellent!”
—Bette Lee Fox, Library Journal (starred)
“I want to howl at the moon over this…I devoured these pages…[A] terrific new novel. . . . The plot [is] magnetic, the characters fascinating, and Rice’s style as solid and engaging as anything she has written since her early vampire chronicle fiction.”
—Alan Cheuse, The Boston Globe
“Rice weaves her trademark meditations on the role of supernatural creatures in society into an often thrilling, page-turning yarn”
—Kristine Huntley, Booklist
“[A]n energetic gambol, feisty and terrific fun. . . . [A] fast-paced, heady romp that ranks with her best. . . . Wolf Gift is irresistible.”
—Joy Tipping, The Dallas Morning News
“[I]n Rice’s hands, The Wolf Gift evolves from a fantastical romp into an engrossing thriller. . . .”
—Liz Colville, San Francisco Chronicle
“Anne Rice combines a vast literary gift with a shameless love of sex, beauty and pop culture. Her artistic vision is part Bela Lugosi, part Andy Warhol, part Christina the Astonishing, the medieval holy woman who could famously “smell sin.”…The Wolf Gift will leave open-minded readers howling for more.”
—Aidan Johnson, The Globe and Mail
“[E]xciting tale of a contemporary werewolf. . . . Rice’s classic concerns regarding good and evil and shifting views of reality play out wonderfully in what will surely please fans and newcomers alike.”
—Publishers Weekly
“[O]ne part ‘Beauty and the Beast’ love story, one part meditation on morality and immortality, and one part superman tale. . . . Told in the memorable style that won Rice’s vampire series so many readers, The Wolf Gift is an intriguing new take on the classic werewolf legend…Rice deepens and gives nuance to classic werewolf lore.”
—Diana Pinckley, New Orleans Times-Picayune
“Rice has never shied away from tackling Big Issues…The Wolf Gift marks a return to form while still giving a nod to spiritual matters…[A] delectable cocktail of old-fashioned lost-race adventure, shape-shifting and suspense.”
-Elizabeth Hand, The Washington Post
“Anne Rice is back”
—Tirdad Derakhshani, The Philadelphia Inquirer
“[W]ritten with compelling modernity…The Wolf Gift is a strong—and welcome—return to the monster mythology that made Anne Rice famous.”
—Rob LeFebvre, Shelf Awareness
“With both thrilling acts of horror and a final act that is deeply based in the mythology of the Wolf Gift and its history --- and bordering on lycanthropic existentialism --- this novel opens readers up to a world they only thought they knew…The characters come alive, and the strange history of the Nideck family will jump off the page and enter the readers’ nightmares as Rice has found a new gothic saga to sink her teeth into.”
—Ray Palen, Bookreporter.com
From the Author
Writing this book was a pure joy. It was a return for me to gothic motifs --- the old dark house, a mysterious death, the promise of family secrets, and the supernatural monster as hero -- that I had used in the Vampire Chronicles, and the Tales of the Mayfair Witches. And once again, I felt compelled to create an origin story and a cosmology --- this time for my protagonist, Reuben Golding, who finds himself periodically turning into the werewolf of legend. Only unlike the doomed werewolves of so many popular films, Reuben retains full awareness during the transformation and a keen enjoyment of his immense wolfen powers. He never becomes a four footed animal, but remains a deeply conflicted, fierce but compassionate beast-man, hungry for power, and for answers as to the mystery of what he has become. Though similar in many ways to my vampires novels, Reuben's story is almost entirely contemporary. And for the first time in my writing career I explored the haunted atmosphere of California's cold, mist shrouded redwood forests, and the romance of the windswept northern California coast. I lived in northern California for over thirty years, and it was a great pleasure to get back to it, to have my hero dining in San Francisco's North Beach, or meeting his lady love in the quaint town of Mill Valley for breakfast, or driving his sports car north on Highway 101 as he pushes deeper into a grim but at times glorious adventure. ------ I've been asked: will this be a series? I don't know. I held nothing back in the writing of The Wolf Gift, but the characters are alive in my imagination, as vividly as any I've ever created, and I see the grand house of Nideck Point looming against a leaden sky, beckoning me just as it beckoned my hero, Reuben.
About the Author
Anne Rice is the author of thirty-one books. She lives in Palm Desert, California.
www.annerice.com
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356 of 388 people found the following review helpful.
"...that both the brutal world and the spiritual world are sources of truth..."
By Biblioholic Beth
It has been years since I've read an Anne Rice novel, and I was initially hesitant about this one. However, the premise sounded interesting, so I ordered it anyway just out of curiosity. I'm very glad that I did. I started this book day before yesterday, but late in the evening , and went to bed only a couple of chapters in. I picked it up again yesterday afternoon - and by the time I realized that it was far past my bedtime, I was almost finished and NEEDED to see how it ended.
Reuben is a fledgling reporter in San Francisco, the youngest son of a fairly well-to-do family. He heads up to Mendocino County to do a story about an old house with a lot of history being sold. He finds himself falling in love with the place, but wakes during the night to hear his host being attacked. As he goes to defend her, he is attacked himself, and then mysteriously saved. During his recovery, he finds that he is...changing. He is becoming what he always assumed was a werewolf. But as he learns more about himself and his new abilities, he has to decide whether what is has been given is actually a curse - or whether it is truly a gift.
The Wolf Gift is not your typical werewolf story - it turns the genre on its head in more than one way. There is a strong thread of Good vs. Evil within the story, but the parts are not necessarily played by those you would expect. How does one know true Evil? Can something seen as evil actually be a servant of Good? Tied to the Good and Evil debate is a strong exploration of the existence of God, and our expectations of right and wrong.
However. This is not a heavy-handed religion book. This is an excellent novel with a fascinating and fast-paced story where part of the story includes a couple of strong themes woven throughout that make the story stronger rather than detracting from it.
Having not read an Anne Rice novel in years, I now find myself hoping that there might be a sequel in the works to continue this fascinating story. I don't know that another one could be as strong and do justice to this first one, but the characters are wonderful, and the whole novel is just so compelling, that I would love to read more.
221 of 245 people found the following review helpful.
Everybody Loves Reuben.
By Lynna
I've been a fan of Anne Rice's work since I was probably too young to be reading it, and I was cautiously optimistic when I heard that she was writing a werewolf book- would this, could this maybe be a return to the dark, intoxicating dream world of the early Vampire Chronicles?
Nope.
The book isn't all terrible. As always, Ms. Rice's powers of description are unmatched. As a relatively recent and wholehearted transplant to California's northern coast, I absolutely loved how she translated the unique beauty and character of this area into written words. Her spin on the classic werewolf legend is every bit as creative as any fan could expect it to be. There were a few parts of the story that fascinated and gripped me; unfortunately, those parts had nothing to do with the main plot or characters.
Really, I had two main issues with the book: one, nothing much happens; and two, most of the characters are irritating, undeveloped, extraneous, or all of the above.
The main character is Reuben Golding. He's 23, but sounds and acts like he's about 70. Seriously, the most cultured and mature of 23-year-old men do not sound like this guy, and if they did they'd be every bit as annoying as Reuben. He doesn't even dress like a young man... does anyone even wear turtlenecks anymore, let alone with double breasted blazers? Reuben is tall, beautiful, and wealthy... and that's pretty much it. He's supposedly intelligent and poetic, but he just comes across as pretentious. He reminds me quite a lot of Quinn Blackwood, actually. That's not a good thing.
Reuben doesn't do much of anything except rip bad guys apart, have sex, and write widely praised newspaper articles. Despite this, the "werewolf superhero" angle doesn't go very far. Reuben isn't troubled in the least by his new circumstances. He is never in any real trouble or danger. Everyone adores Reuben instantly, so he never has any actual problems with any of the other characters. Also, everyone loves everyone else instantly. The few characters who do not love Reuben and everyone else on sight are killed immediately. Anything negative that might happen to Reuben is quickly quashed, and usually by someone else. His enemies, such as they are, are so easily defeated as to be afterthoughts. No one becomes angry or hurt by any of Reuben's actions, including his supposedly doting parents and his non-girlfriend. Well, no one except for his brother Jim, whose life and emotional well-being get basically trashed forever by Reuben, all for no readily apparent reason other than to have Very Deep and Meaningful Talks about morality and God every few pages. Jim was one of the few characters I ended up feeling anything for, and even then it was just pity. Poor Jim. The only other character I really wanted to know anything about was Felix, and when he *finally* shows up like you know he will by page three, he doesn't do much of anything except smile affectionately and gaze fondly at Reuben.
So basically, everyone is rich (and I do mean everyone), everyone is beautiful, everyone loves Reuben, everyone loves everyone else, and oh yeah-- Reuben is a werewolf.
189 of 209 people found the following review helpful.
Wolf Gift puts the Man in Wolfman
By Sumiko Saulson
Anne Rice's latest offering, "The Wolf Gift," marks her long awaited return to the Gothic Horror genre in which her popular Mayfair Witch and Vampire Chronicles reside, bringing the ancient werewolf myth, with certain strange new twists, into modern times. "The Wolf Gift" weaves a tale of complex moral questions, stark violence and monstrous brutality against a hauntingly picturesque Northern California.
Charmingly, in the Wolf Gift Ms. Rice has created her most eloquent tribute to the writers of the 1800s, those who wrote older Werewolf stories to which her "Distinguished Gentleman" sometimes refer. She sets the story not in summer, but in the perpetually rainy and overcast Bay Area of Wintertime, evoking images of Victorian Gothic Novels with their London weather. She paints her forests with damp under brush and rolling fogs, her architecture - especially the increasingly mysterious mansion at Nideck Point in Mendocino - with secret places, trapped doors, and the same kind of detailed and loving brush which caused Gothic Horror to be named for its Gothic architecture.
But below all of this is a modern take on the coming-of-age story. Set in the present, its protagonist is very unlike Interview with the Vampire's Louis, who had and lost a wife and family by the age of 25: Reuben is the modern boy-man; still unsure of who he is at the age of 23, and completely unable to break away from the expectations of a brilliant, overbearing mother. Intelligent and creative, but naive and sheltered, two years out of college, he is still having trouble defending starting out on a career path of his own choosing, and is still living at home with his parents. Even his girlfriend seems to be someone chosen to please his family. In a story that is peppered with contemporary technological elements such as Reuben's beloved iPhone; no device is as modern as Reuben himself, picture-perfect example of Generation Y and the American trend towards extended adolescence. Mr. Golding repeatedly protests his family (and girlfriend's) nicknames of Baby Boy, Little Boy, and Sunshine Boy, but despite his protestations, he is all of these things.
As a result, we have here, a story of a man-boy who becomes a man-wolf, and every element of Reuben's transformation: the erotic nature of the change, the overwhelming urge to protect the innocent through horrifically brutal acts; becomes an allegory for masculinity and the roles that have been taken away from generations of infantilized men such as Reuben: it is only later in the novel, when the Man Wolf Reuben begins to ask himself if any woman could ever find his original self, who he then describes as "vapid", as attractive. He struggles with something common for many young men: learning to balance what is dangerous and powerful in masculinity with what is gentle, and protective, and learning to view himself as a strong man in the eyes of a partner - not just a sweet boy in the eyes of a mother.
All of this folds into a romantic tale beautifully evocative of one of the most erotic of the Greco-Roman myths: the Tale of Eros and Psyche. Like Eros, Reuben is a young man dominated by his powerful mother (Venus), who seeks to break away and does so in falling in love with a beautiful woman who his mother treats as a competitor, rather than a daughter in law. In Reuben's case, his mother only wants him to develop a relationship with a woman very like herself, and who assists in her continued control over his destiny. She has no desire to allow her son to move out, grow up or become a man.
In every way, being bitten by a werewolf is the vehicle not only for Reuben's transformation from human into Morphenkind, but from boy into man in this powerfully brutal and erotic tale.
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