After a 30year career as a licensed vocational nurse, borchardt faced staff reductions at the hospital where she worked. With intricate detailing and hypnotic prose, alice borchardt unleashes a new. The silver wolf legends of the wolves, book 1 by alice borchardt. As soon as i was finished i had to run out and bye the sequel, night of the wolf. Alice borchardt shared a childhood of storytelling with her sister, the best selling novelist anne rice, in new orleans. She spent a childhood of storytelling with her sister, anne rice, who was a novelist as well. It follows the silver wolf, alice borchardt s absorbing story of the. In the silver wolf, alice borchardt brought the brutality and decadent splendor of dark ages rome brilliantly to life in the remarkable tale of regeane, a beautiful young shapeshifter fighting to live and love as both woman and wolf. Alice obrien was born on 6 october 1939 in new orleans, louisiana, usa. Alice borchardt was an american author of fantasy, science fiction, and historical fiction books. According to the book s biopic, alice borchardt is interested in little known eras and is the in the sister of anne rice. The silver wolf catapults alice borchardt squarely into the front rank of contemporary women writers. I liked the first one, the second one was a prequel, which was a bit drawn out and confused me, and now the third one was a continuation from the first. Watching the tragic aftermath through yellow eyes afire with curiosity and intelligence is maeniel, a gray wolf.
Bringing together what felt like more contemporary treatments of fantasy with the roman empire was a masterful move that made for a compelling story, and i. The wolf king by alice borchardt overdrive rakuten. In her legends of the wolves trilogy 2, the silver wolf, night of the wolf and the wolf king, the orphaned regeane and the nobleman maeniel, both are part wolf and part human, contend with bullying chieftains, embattled emperors and supernatural interventions. Night of the wolf legends of the wolves book 2 by alice borchardt 4. Legend of blue eyes white dragon individual yugioh. Borchardt was in her mid50s when the first of her seven novels, devoted, was published by dutton penguin in 1995. The silver wolf, the debut book in the legends of the wolf series narrates a story of regeane, a half frankish and half saxon lady. With night of the wolf, alice borchardt has given us another triumph of soaring imagination and adventure. The silver wolf legends of the wolves, book 1 borchardt, alice on amazon. Legends of the wolves the legendary anne rice isnt the only one in her family to succeed in the publishing world, her sister, alice borchardt, has a handful of excellent books as well. A little trivia this author was the sister of anne rice. Alice borchardt shared a childhood of storytelling with her sister, anne rice, in new orleans. Night of the wolf interweaves a tale of the roman empire with magic, romance, andlycanthropy. Night of the wolf book by alice borchardt 5 available.
This focuses on him and his pack, of which he is the leader. Coronavirus update we have temporarily closed all stores due to the coronavirus outbreak. Alice borchardt has 15 books on goodreads with 24923 ratings. Night of the wolf by alice borchardt overdrive rakuten. Alice s sister, the writer anne rice, encouraged her, helped her find an agent, and wrote introductions to several of her books. The wolf king legends of the wolves, book 3 by alice borchardt. She is the author of devoted, beguiled, the silver wolf, and night of the wolf. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. After a hospital where she worked faced staff reductions, alices sister introduced her into the world of novel writing. Legends of the wolves series, book 3 legends of the wolves by alice borchardt. Cards, alice mccall, alice in chains, alice cooper vinyl records, queen, toy story trilogy, the legend of spyro dawn of the dragon sony playstation 3 games, nintendo metroid prime trilogy video games, angry birds trilogy video games, marvel legends queen comic book hero action figures. I cant wait for alice borchardt to continue the story of regene and maeniel in another book. The silver wolf legends of the wolves, book 1 by alice borchardt book cover, description, publication history. Silver wolf legends of the wolf by borchardt, alice at.
Legends of the wolves series in order alice borchardt. Legends of the wolves series in order alice borchardt fictiondb. This is the third book in the trilogy of the legends of the wolves. These are not those monsters you see in so many books and movies, but powerful and elegant creatures, for the most part anyway. She began her nursing career in houston, where she met and married her husband, clifford borchardt. The silver wolf legends of the wolves, book 1 borchardt, alice on.
This is the third in the legends of the wolves trilogy. Night of the wolf del rey, 1999 prequel to the silver wolf. A list of all alice borchardt s series in reading order. Borchardt made up for it with this book, which is really a continuation of the silver wolf as it covers regeane and maeniels married life and the intricacies that come with dark age charlemagneera politics. The wolf king legends of the wolves, book 3 9780345423658 by borchardt, alice and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books. Alice borchardts protaganist is maeniel, a werewolf. The wolf king legends of the wolves, book 3 by alice borchardt book cover, description, publication history. Borchardt s storytelling is lush and detailed, and the writing and characters sucked me into this book immediately. The main character, maeniel, is also a major character in borchardts earlier book the silver wolf, but in that book what we see is a society of werewolves mostly living as people although they do know what they are. The silver wolf by alice borchardt overdrive rakuten. Alice borchardt was an american writer of historical fiction, fantasy, horror. The silver wolf book by alice borchardt thriftbooks.
The complete series list for legends of the wolves alice borchardt. I read the first back in 2009 or so and its 2014 now so it was. In the third installment of borchardts series combining shapeshifters wolves becoming human and vice versa when and where they wish and roman history, borchardt sets her new novel in the eighth century, a world of brutality, blood lust, and real politick. The silver wolf by borchardt, alice and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
But while anne choose vampires, alice went with the werewolves and penned the legends of the wolves series. Legends of the wolves 1 into decadent rome of the dark ages comes regeane, an enigmatic young woman distantly related to charlemagne. She is the author of devoted, beguiled, the silver w. The silver wolf is the most fabulous book i have ever read. Legends of the wolf series by alice borchardt goodreads.
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By turns lyrical, sensuous, and violent, hers is a vision of the past that will stir both heart and mind. But the blood she has inherited from her murdered father makes her much more than a child of royalty. Regeane s father was killed by gisela, her mother after finding out that he had the power to change into different forms and could change into a wolf. The orphaned regeane and the nobleman maeniel, both part wolf and part human, contend with bullying chieftains, embattled emperors and supernatural interventions. A professional nurse, she has also nurtured a profound interest in littleknown periods of history. However, in this book, alice borchardt writes about one of the most wellknown periods in history, the struggle of gaul against the roman empire just before the death of gaius julius caesar. The legendary anne rice isnt the only one in her family to succeed in the publishing world, her sister, alice borchardt, has a handful of excellent books as well.
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