CHRONICLES OF ANCIENT DARKNESS BOOK 1:WOLF BROTHER

Book ID/图书代码： 10000004B04750

English Summary/英文概要： Thousands of years ago the land is one dark forest. Its people are hunter-gatherers. They know every tree and herb and they know how to survive in a time of enchantment and powerful magic. Until an ambitious and malevolent force conjures a demon: a demon so evil that it can be contained only in the body of a ferocious bear that will slay everything it sees, a demon determined to destroy the world.
Only one boy can stop it - 12 year old Torak, who has seen his father murdered by the bear. With his dying breath, Torak’s father tells his son of the burden that is his. He must lead the bear to the mountain of the World Spirit and beg that spirit’s help to overcome it.
Torak is an unwilling hero. He is scared and trusts no one. His only companion is a wolf cub only three moons old, whom he seems to understand better than any human.
Theirs is a terrifying quest in a world of wolves, tree spirits and Hidden People, a world in which trusting a friend means risking your life.

Dazzling entertainment, seamless storytelling - Torak and Wolf begin their quest by doing battle with a demon bear in the first of six adventures to vanquish the terrifying Soul-Eaters.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 狼兄弟是一本关于友谊、生存和背叛的迷人故事书。它将把你带回几千年前那个黑暗的古森林之中，走进那个充满着原始神奇和天然恐怖的奇异世界：狼和野牛，树魂和躲藏的人类并存的地方，那个世界告诉我们：信任朋友就是拯救你的生命。他手臂上的伤口有中烧灼感，每呼吸一下，擦破皮的肋骨就会让他有中揪心的痛，但他还是不敢停下来。
森林里有无数张眼睛盯着看。
白桦树飒飒做响，轻说着他的到来。
他乞求白桦树们不要把着告诉狗熊……
Torak形单影孤……他受着伤、惊恐万状、还要忙于奔命。
和父亲一样，他也过着颠沛流离的生活，在此之前，他几乎和部落里的人断绝了所有的往来。现在，他父亲冷冰冰地躺在那里：他被一头扮成大狗熊的魔鬼活活残杀了。
但是无论如何，Torak必须继续前进。他唯一的伙伴是一只狼崽子孤儿。他唯一能生存下去的机会就是运用他猎人的本事。但是在偌大森林里饥饿还不是唯一可怕的东西。
沙沙细语的云杉林里传来了一个恶魔的咆哮，他的可怕程度远超出了任何一个部落所能想象的，那就更别提打败它了。红柳树之月亮神步步逼近：很快Torak（当然也只有他）就必须面对一位既比他跑得快又比他聪敏的敌人了；一位悄无声息偷偷向他逼近的敌人。
《狼兄弟》是一本讲述友谊、生存与背叛的精彩小说。它带你回到了几千年前古老黑暗的森林里：来到了一个弥漫着大自然神秘和四大恐怖元素的世界里：一个充满野狼和古野牛、树精灵和一群隐身人的世界；这个世界里，如果你相信朋友的话，那你是在拿你的生命开玩笑。

Awards/获奖情况：Grade 5-9 - Set 6000 years ago, this fast-paced adventure delves into a world of spirits and mysticism not often seen in children’s literature. Torak, 12, witnesses his father’s brutal attack by a giant, demon-possessed bear and promises to find his way to the Mountain of the World Spirit. Before dying, his father instructs him to avoid other men and tells him that his guide will find him. Sure enough, Torak is soon adopted by a wolf cub, also recently orphaned, with whom he is able to communicate. The bear continues to terrorize the forest, but Torak is able to avoid it with Wolf’s help. They are captured by the Wolf clan, who believes that Torak is the Listener, and will rid the forest of the bear when he fulfills a prophecy by delivering three lost artifacts to the mountain. He must solve an obscure riddle to find the artifacts and traverse dangerous lands, all the while evading the evil bear. Paver’s depth of research into the spiritual world of primitive peoples makes this impressive British import, slated to be the first in a six-book series, intriguing and believable. --- Karen T. Bilton, Somerset County Library, Bridgewater, NJ, From School Library Journal

Gr. 6-9. A giant bear possessed by a demon fatally wounds Torak’s father, who makes his son swear that he will find the Mountain of the World Spirit, many "daywalks" from where they have been hunting in the forest. The spirit, his father says, offers the only hope to defeat the bear, which will become invincible if not stopped. So begins Torak’s desperate quest, undertaken in the company of an orphaned wolf cub, Torak’s guide. After members of the Raven Clan capture the boy and wolf, Torak learns that he is the Listener, prophesied to crush the Shadow, the overriding evil that is trying to take over the land. There’s one minor discrepancy that kids are likely to spot (if there’s a second printing, it will be corrected), but that won’t spoil the excitement in the first book in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series. This is fantasy adventure on a grand scale, with a wealth of wilderness lore and convincing characterizations.---Sally Estes, From Booklist

About the Author/作者介绍： Born in Malawi to a Belgian mother and a father who ran the tiny ’Nyasaland Times’, Michelle Paver moved to the UK when she was three. She was brought up in Wimbledon and, following a Biochemistry Degree from Oxford, she became a partner in a big City law firm. She gave up the City to follow her long-held dream of becoming a writer. Successfully published as an adult author, the CHRONICLES OF ANCIENT DARKNESS are her first - brilliant - books for children.
作者MICHELLE PAVER生于马维拉，她母亲是比利时人，她三岁的时候去了美国，在温布尔登长大，于牛津大学获得了生物化学的学士学位，成了一家市法律公司的合伙人，最终由于她被神话和传说所深深吸引，她放弃了她的律师生涯，成为了一个作家，成功发表了很多小说。the CHRONICLES OF ANCIENT DARKNESS是她第一部为儿童所著之书。MICHELLE PAVER 生于中非，很小的时候就来到了英格兰。在牛津大学获得了生化学的学位后，就合伙开办了一家城市法律事务所，但最后她还是依然决然地放弃了那份工作，全身心投入到写作中去了。 （Chronicles of Ancient Darkness）《远古黑暗传说》系列的创作思源都来自于她对动物、考古学以及远古时代的终身热爱。当然，MICHELLE PAVER的挪威、拉普兰、冰岛以及喀尔巴阡山脉之行，特别是她在南加利福尼亚的偏僻山谷里遭遇到一头大熊的经历给了她创作此系列很多的灵感。 《狼兄弟》是《远古黑暗传说》系列的第一本。

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