Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12552 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 272 pages

BLISS
'sad and touching'

Review
'sad and touching'

'His (Torak) adventures in The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series have been thrilling from the first page, and he has become a great hero for the new generation'

'Often dark and hallucinatory in its imagery, the book combines a crispness of style and a powerful understanding of loneliness, love, fear and friendship with a vivid landscape...gripping'

This is an amazing book (Sebastian Johnson )

'Gripping... action-packed'

'A triumph'

'Absorbing'

'Paver's prose is brisk and she has enough confidence in the solidity of her world to need no over-elaboration...at the same time, there's a relentless pageturning drive to the narrative'

'Paver's skilful storytelling leads the reader off on a compelling journey'

'Impossible to put down... packed with action, mystery and strong friendship'

THE SUNDAY TIMES
'Often dark and hallucinatory in its imagery, the book combines a crispness of style and a powerful understanding of loneliness, love, fear and friendship with a vivid landscape...gripping'

Customer Reviews

Really, really good!
Another brilliant read in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series. This one had me gripped from page 1, and wouldn't let me go until I'd finished it!. Michelle Paver draws you back into the ancient world, first created in 'Wolf Brother', into a hunter-gatherer society of survival, and here we find Torak (now 14) struggling not only to find his way through the forest, but also to find his way through to adulthood as well.

Torak now has some difficult paths ahead. He already knows his destiny lies in destroying the power of the spirit-walkers, the fire opal, but as he now bears the horrible brand of the spirit-walkers on his chest, can he free himself from their control? A number of events conspire against Torak in this book to make his journey a particularly tough one. However, he has the ever-faithful Wolf by his side, and his friends Renn and Bale want to help too... if he'll let them.

The other books in the series are 'Wolf Brother', 'Spirit Walker', and 'Soul Eater'.

OUTCAST
im 13yo and i read this book in 2days..
its absolutley wonderful! amazingly written, fully captivating story line; a book that you cant put down, that all to often hear about, but all too rarely find. Definetly somthing worth reading. Very powerful, emotive series of books; as Torak encounters power, lonliness and betrayal and renn reveils a deep dark secret. outcast one of the best yet! cant wait for oathbreaker! well done michelle paver, reading the ancient darkness is the best reading expiriance ever!! :D

Great Book
My son has read all these books. He cannot wait for the next one to come out. I have to preorder it as soon as I can. Reads them as soon as they arrive. Its great to see him away from the computer or playstation.