04914cam a2200433 4500 240274033 TxAuBib 20140811120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780804148573 0804148570 d6355a1d-7e58-44e6-8e23-681a8ef11d79 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1219838 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rice, Anne, 1941- The Wolves of Midwinter [Libby Audiobook] : The Wolf Gift Chronicles, Book 2. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2013. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 437MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 437MB. HTML:The tale of <i>The Wolf Gift</i> continues . . .<br /> In Anne Rice's surprising and compelling best-selling novel, the first of her strange and mythic imagining of the world of wolfen powers ("I devoured these pages . . . As solid and engaging as anything she has written since her early <i>Vampire Chronicles</i> fiction"—Alan Cheuse, <i>The Boston Globe</i>; "A delectable cocktail of old-fashioned lost-race adventure, shape-shifting, and suspense"—Elizabeth Hand, <i>The Washington Post</i>), readers were spellbound as Rice conjured up a daring new world set against the wild and beckoning California coast.<br /> Now in her new novel, as lush and romantic in detail and atmosphere as it is sleek and steely in storytelling, Anne Rice takes us once again to the rugged coastline of Northern California, to the grand mansion at Nideck Point, and further explores the unearthly education of her transformed Man Wolf.<br /> The novel opens on a cold, gray landscape. It is the beginning of December. Oak fires are burning in the stately flickering hearths of Nideck Point. It is Yuletide.<br /> For Reuben Golding, now infused with the Wolf Gift and under the loving tutelage of the Morphenkinder, this promises to be a Christmas like no other . . .<br /> The Yuletide season, sacred to much of the human race, has been equally sacred to the Man Wolves, and Reuben soon becomes aware that they, too, steeped in their own profound rituals, will celebrate the ancient Midwinter festival deep within the verdant richness of Nideck forest.<br /> From out of the shadows of Nideck comes a ghost—tormented, imploring, unable to speak yet able to embrace and desire with desperate affection . . . As Reuben finds himself caught up with—and drawn to—the passions and yearnings of this spectral presence, and as the swirl of preparations reaches a fever pitch for the Nideck town Christmas festival of music and pageantry, astonishing secrets are revealed; secrets that tell of a strange netherworld, of spirits other than the Morphenkinder, centuries old, who inhabit the dense stretches of redwood and oak that surround the magnificent house at Nideck Point, "ageless ones" who possess their own fantastical ancient histories and who taunt with their dark magical powers . . .<br /> <b>Includes the Original Song "Exiles (The Wolves of Midwinter)," Performed by Mary Fahl</b>. "Her books are scary and mysterious and mystical, filled with thrills and danger, frightening fun, and ardent passion.". HTML:<br /> -R. L. Stine. "Fans will welcome Rice's return to the realm of eccentric immortal predators.". HTML:<br /> -<i>Kirkus</i>. HTML:<p>"Anne Rice is back with the bad guys."</p>. HTML:<br /> -<i>Library Journal</i>. "The series mythology is fascinating.". HTML:<br /> -<i>Publisher's Weekly</i>. "Her wolves are worth catching up to.". HTML:<br /> -Alan Cheuse, <i>NPR</i>. Fantasy. Fiction. Horror. Media Type: Audiobook. The New York Times Best Seller List. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-11 10:13:24. McLarty, Ron. http://slc.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=d6355a1d-7e58-44e6-8e23-681a8ef11d79 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/1219838-TheWolvesOfMidwinter.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/1219838-TheWolvesOfMidwinter.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D6355A1D-7E58-44E6-8E23-681A8EF11D79&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/1219838-TheWolvesOfMidwinter.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/1219838-TheWolvesOfMidwinter.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D6355A1D-7E58-44E6-8E23-681A8EF11D79&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)