I had not come across Mark Morris before spotting this, the first part of his Obsidian Heart trilogy, in my local library. I am already on the lookout for more.
Wolves is a horror/fantasy adventure with the added bonus (so often missed) of an engaging protagonist, Alex Locke, goalbird turned psychology lecturer, with something worthwhile at risk - he wanders from the straight and narrow because his eldest daughter's boyfriend is in bother, and gets stuck there when his younger daughter is kidnapped. The writing style is lively but nowhere near so lively as Morris's imagination. The surprises and twists keep on coming and kept me entertained to the very end.
Being a trilogy, the end is not conclusive and I admit I would have preferred some loose ends to be resolved. I expect I shall just have to pick up Book Two, The Society of Blood, to satisfy my curiosity,
By the way, the artwork on the cover, by Amazing15.com, is just superb.
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