The Tiger and the Wolf (Echoes of the Fall, 1)

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He accomplishes an impressive zen-balance between something that is extra-quirky and weird with something more familiar and conventional. On one hand, the book is so STRANGE. The world is similar to our bronze/iron age where it’s preindustrial (iron has just been discovered), but it’s not the typical medieval setting, oh no. It’s a fantasy world built on the premise of shapeshifters where all humans are separated into different tribal groups that each have a specific animal deity—called totems—and have the ability to shift into that specific animal’s form at will through a special soul inside of them that is connected to their totem through the spiritual world. It’s complicated, to say the least, and it takes a while to get accustomed to. But once I did, it was smooth sailing from there. Tchaikovsky's fourth Shadows of the Apt installment is that rarest of gems in series fantasy: an intermediate book in which genuinely decisive events occur. Despite the best efforts of resistance Continue reading » This is the first novel in the Echoes of the Fall series. The sequel, The Bear and the Serpent came out in 2017 (I went straight out and bought it) and the third book, The Hawk and the Hyena, is due out in October. Personal information” is defined under the Act to mean information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), that is recorded in any form and whether true or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion, but does not include information of a kind to which the Health Records Act 2001(Vic) applies. Maniye's childhood is very grim, and we meet her right as she is to take her place as an adult in Wolf society. However, after completing her task, her father reveals his grand plans for her in his ambitions to conquer Tiger once and for all, and she steals a Serpent prisoner, Hesprec, and runs. The rest of the novel follows Maniye as she attempts to find her place in the world and determine who exactly she is, a child with two souls. We see much of the world as she flees from her enemies and get insight into many different clans. Much of the story focuses on family, honor, duty, and remaining true to oneself.

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If he had asked for her agreement, she might have said yes, and been forever after bound by her own word. He took her consent – her subjugation to his plan and his will – as a given though. He never asked, and so never extracted that agreement from her.” Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-beta-20210815 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9975 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-0000312 Openlibrary_edition The shifters. This is honestly what drew me to this novel. The Stepping between forms and between souls. I also appreciated the aspect of spirituality and religion that was instilled in this. It wasn't pushing an agenda, but rather it just highlighted that it was important to some of the peoples in this story, and really showed how that could play out.Bleak. Brutal. Brilliant. The Tiger and the Wolf is a unique and powerful novel, where loyalties are defined by birth and where cultures clash with spectacular frequency. Adrian Tchaikovsky has succeeded in creating a novel with incredible scope and limitless vision; a vivid depiction of a world inspired by the cultures of our past and told in a style unique to this series. This is a novel where only the strong will survive, where the weak will perish and where wars are played out both on the battlefield and within the soul. Where I have a problem with the book is its pacing. A lot of setup occurs at the beginning, with a whole lot of nothing going on and very little to keep it interesting. And then when things do start to move and our MC moves out with the help of a wise serpent, all things are fine in the world. Plenty of conflict, danger, tension, and personal growth. My second problem may be entirely a personal one, but there was a hell of a lot of fighting going on, and it tends to bore me unless there's either serious character development coming along for the ride, some seriously snappy dialog, or a MAJOR plot development, and then, it ought to be to the point and/or lyrically beautiful for me to stand up and applaud. Review first posted on Fantasy Literature. But first, let's take a moment to admire one of my favorite book covers ever: My father,’ she murmured . . . but of course he was not her father, he had never been her father. He was only the man who had tried to make her his.

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Create your own tiger! Choose your favorite - the Asian Tiger? White Tiger? Or maybe the rare Gold Tiger? Whichever reflects your character the best - it’s all up to you! That sound spoke of ages, great stone volumes of history that had come and gone, filled with the lives of men who thought that their 'now' was the only now that mattered. -pg 329” The monologues. This isn't something that I notice that often, but I found it rather frustrating that there was not much dialogue in this story. For much of it, it is description of what is happening, but then it also depends heavily on internal monologues of the characters. This also resulted in a lot of telling rather than showing. I think that there could have been more interaction and dialogue between the characters that could have led to the reader discovering some of the things that were just told to us in monologues for ourselves. It also would have helped build a better connection to the characters for myself as a reader. I felt very much distanced from the characters until the last third or so of the book. The Wolf I follow is in here.' Broken Axe tapped his chest. 'He wants no sacrifice. He needs no man to die in agony by fire. He wants the clean joy of the hunt, the fresh snow, the wide sky and the moon. He wants a simple life that isn't stained by other men's ambition and greed.'The male protagonist, Asmander, the Champion of the Sun River Nation, is a dark-skinned River Lord youth accompanied by Venater, a deadly pirate thralled to his service. Asmander is a blade which his ambitious father wields to gain more power. Venater, a notorious but failed pirate, characterised by obnoxious habits, acerbic quips and a thirst for a bloodbath, reminded me of Nothing a bit. Asmander needs the Iron Wolves; iron is something only this tribe can carry on them when stepped which gives them incredible leverage against any foe. This prompts his suicidal journey to the North. It’s a very vivid and complex world that Tchaikovsky crafts masterfully, without ever resorting to the pitfalls of infodumping and overdescribing. He makes the tribes distinct, balances a few distinct cultures, bring in the sense of history to the world he created. And true to his love for biology, he is shapeshifter tribes follow zoology quite well. Our words are not just solitary stones thrown into the night. With our words, we build. What sways the heart is the sum of all the words that went before.” Author Adrian Tchaikovsky brings us an epic fantasy with a young female protagonist at its heart struggling to find herself and discover her destiny. The Tiger and the Wolf is the first book of a trilogy and rolls out a world of tribes, scheming factions, ancient magic and spirits. By comparing the entire growth series from newborns to adults, we were able to visualise tiny differences in development that pinpoint when and where in the skull adaptations to carnivore arise on a cellular level.