Blacktail

**A twisting and apocalyptic dark fantasy novel, Blacktail is the long-awaited second novel from Scott Hawkins, the critically acclaimed author of The Library at Mount Char. Who does your dog pray to?** Blacktail, a half-breed wolf, knows only the language of the hunt. When men kill his mate and unborn pups, he answers with a slaughter that is absolute. In his violence, Blacktail draws the gaze of an ancient and terrible feline witch. She sets him on a path south – to wake the sleeping Forest God and end the plague of humankind. As Blacktail journeys farther from his wild home and deeper into the world of man, he encounters strangers – animal, mortal, and otherworldly – who want to help him rid the world of humans. From the blood-slicked wilderness to a burning confrontation with Archangels, this is a feral odyssey of vengeance – brutal, heartbreaking and unlike anything else in fiction. **The Forest God sleeps. But what will be the price of waking him? * * * Praise for Scott Hawkins:** ‘Utterly resistant to categorization’ – V. E. Schwab, author of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil ‘Sprawling, epic . . . Unputdownable’ – Cory Doctorow, author of Walkaway ‘Funny, horrifying and original’ – Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at the End ‘Extravagant, beautifully imagined’ – Booklist