![]() Her painterly illustrations with their predominance of blue hues, are powerfully atmospheric and capture the icy chill of the wolves’ mountain home and far from being scary, those furry wolves, particularly Erik, are totally endearing. This picture book is part of Lincoln Books’ new sub-imprint First Editions solely for debut authors/illustrators and Sarah Finan is clearly an artist to watch. It’s fortunate for him that his family aren’t as eager to detach themselves from Erik as he was from the rest of the pack: it looks as though after all his solo adventuring it’s a case of once a pack animal… Suddenly he realises that being a lone wolf isn’t always such fun after all in fact it can be downright scary. So fast does he whizz down the slope that he fails to notice the warning sign and somersaults unceremoniously down into the bottom of an icy crevasse. He climbs his highest, wobbles his furthest and skis his fastest ever seemingly Erik is unstoppable and therein lies the problem. Leaving the pack far behind, he ventures forth across the mountains to have some no holds barred fun. The first book of the series details Grey Stars travel to the Shadakine Empire and his desperate attempt to find a guide to lead him to the Shadow Gate.Wolves are pack animals, that’s common knowledge, but tired of being part of the rule-bound pack, Eric the young cub longs for an adventure of his very own. Once his training is complete, Grey Star is sent out to retrieve the Moonstone, an ancient Shianti artefact, from the Daziarn, for only with its power can Shasarak be defeated. In this child the Shianti see a chance to help the people of Magnamund without breaking their vow to Ishir, and they raise the boy in the arts of magic, giving him the name Grey Star: the star as the symbol of hope, and grey for the white-grey streak the boy has in his dark hair. However, one night the situation changes when a storm wrecks a vessel near the island, with a human infant being the only survivor. ![]() The Shianti, members of a mystical race, wish to help, but because of their exile on the Isle of Lorn they are forced to remain neutral in the conflict. A tyrant called Shasarak the Wytch-King has subjugated the people and with the help of seven Shadaki Wytches is ruling with an iron fist. The series plays for the most part at the tip of south-eastern Magnamund, in the land then known as the Shadakine Empire. The Lone Wolf book series by Joe Dever & Gary Chalk includes books Flight from the Dark, Fire on the Water, The Caverns of Kalte, and several more. The ability to vanquish some enemies with the expenditure of a Willpower point or two introduces a key strategic consideration in which the reader must choose between the likely loss of Endurance that comes with fighting enemies, and the amount of Willpower that should be saved for later in the story. One is the inclusion of Willpower, which can be used for various Magical effects in the game, and maybe most importantly to loose a blast of Magic from your Wizards Staff when it is in your possession. The gameplay of the World of Lone Wolf series is very much like the other Lone Wolf books, but features a few key differences. All four of the Grey Star books were released by Project Aon along with many of the other installments of the Lone Wolf series. The book was released on Februand centers around a man returning to his childhood home after a terrible accident. ![]() ![]() It is one of four books in the mini-series and features Grey Star, for whom the first book is named, a young Wizard trained by the enigmatic Shianti to stop the Wytch-King and his Shadakine Empire. Lone Wolf, Jodi Picoult Lone Wolf is a 2012 bestselling novel by American author Jodi Picoult. Grey Star the Wizard is the first book in the World of Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever and written by Ian Page.
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