{"product_id":"blacktail-9781037417160","title":"Blacktail","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wolf hunts for revenge in this visceral dark fantasy. \u003ci\u003eWatership Down \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Plague Dogs \u003c\/i\u003emeets the apocalypse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA mind-bending and immersive 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 so absolute it 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?\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781037417160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 15 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 25(H)x15.4(L)x2.3(W)360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 360\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eScott Hawkins is the author of The Library at Mount Char. He works as a Linux engineer focused on big data. He and his wife live in a woodsy area about an hour north of Atlanta. She keeps a nice garden. He's in his tenth year of failing to remodel the basement. Blacktail is his second novel.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eReader, be warned. This is not a gentle book, and those who cannot bear to see an animal hurt should guard their hearts. But persist, and you will be rewarded. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlacktail \u003c\/i\u003eis as glorious as it is gruesome\u003c\/b\u003e -- V. E. Schwab, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlacktail\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea serious, wild, trippy, and gory flight of imagination . . . \u003c\/b\u003eNo one is spared the fang -- Paul Tremblay, Bram Stoker Award winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Head Full of Ghosts \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHorror Movie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWickedly sharp, unflinchingly brutal, and nothing short of \u003cb\u003ea modern masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003eBlacktail \u003c\/i\u003ewill consume you -- Marcus Kliewer, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWe Used to Live Here\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Caretaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMesmerizing and strange, like the headiest of folklore. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlacktail \u003c\/i\u003eis one to savour; one to delight in the eccentricities of; one to sit with long after it ends\u003c\/b\u003e -- Olivie Blake, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGirl Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Atlas Six\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA mad, feral fable – this is \u003cb\u003ebeautiful, brutal fantasy, red in tooth and claw\u003c\/b\u003e. Funny, heartbreaking, violent. All hail \u003ci\u003eBlacktail\u003c\/i\u003e. Down with the two-legs -- Chuck Wendig, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Staircase in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Accidents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tale of lupine vengeance – at first – whose stakes escalate to degrees I never saw coming. \u003cb\u003eUnexpected, blood-soaked and vividly told\u003c\/b\u003e -- qntm, author of \u003ci\u003eThere is No Antimemetics Division\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScott Hawkins’ \u003ci\u003eBlacktail\u003c\/i\u003e can be described in so many ways. Strange, beautiful, surreal, brutal, fantastic, fantastical. It evokes Richard Adams at his most bloodthirsty, Tolkien at his most apocalyptic. But, above all,\u003cb\u003e it’s simply transcendent. Transportive. A magnificent, bloody saga that will change the way you look at the world.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Nat Cassidy, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhen the Wolf Comes Home\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlacktail \u003c\/i\u003eis a journey through a universe simultaneously surreal and familiar,\u003cb\u003e a tale that will leave claw marks on your brain that won't quickly fade\u003c\/b\u003e. You simply won't read another book like it -- Jason Pargin, author of \u003ci\u003eJohn Dies at the End\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlacktail \u003c\/i\u003eis a wild, wholly engrossing ride that puts you in the brain of a wolf hellbent on destroying all of us\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Hawkins delivers a rich mythology laced with both humor and tragedy that will have you reconsidering your own place in the natural order -- Max Doty, author of \u003ci\u003eThe House that Eats the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Scott Hawkins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49279490523353,"sku":"9781037417160","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781037417160.jpg?v=1789818502","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/blacktail-9781037417160","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}