Wolves of Winter: The epic sequel to Essex Dogs from Sunday Times bestseller and historian Dan Jones (Essex Dogs Series)

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One of my favorite sub-genres of dystopian novels is when society breaks down due to some kind of tragedy, and then a band of survivors figures out how to keep going and rebuild. (See also: Stephen King's "The Stand," Emily St. John Mandel's "Station Eleven," and Jose Saramago's "Blindness.")

Interlacing even more historical authenticity through the story by showing the changing face of warfare and the approaches to it Wolves of Winter follows some of the same characters you have already met in Essex Dogs - Loveday, Romford, Scotsman and the rest of the gang - and introduces some more whom I hope you will find memorable.

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Lynn McBride is surviving in the stark Canadian Yukon after society collapsed after a nuclear war and the onset of disease. She is not alone, her Mother, her brother, her uncle and others live in a small settlement relying on their hunting skills to survive.

OKAAAY......SIGN ME UP for the next Tyrell Johnson novel! THE WOLVES OF WINTER is a super-fine debut....available NOW! What are they really fighting for? And why does the king care so much about taking such a small French town? There was a b Lynn is a 23-year-old woman who is now forced to subsist in the rough, unforgiving land of ice and snow in the Yukon. Her father was a scientist who died from the flu when Lynn was aged 12. The family then fled to Alaska while American cities were being destroyed by bombs. In the isolation of the Yukon wilderness, they subsist by hunting, fishing, foraging and a few vegetables they are able to grow for a couple of months. Lynn’s family consists of her mother, a brother, and an uncle with his adopted son of a deceased friend. There is also a brutal neighbor who is not to be trusted. Bill remarks how the Vikings do not have horns. This is an in-joke reference to criticism levelled at The Girl Who Died, which featured stereotypical (and historically inaccurate) horn-wearing Vikings. The Vikings seen in this story are depicted closer to how they appear in the popular TV series Vikings.Spoiler! I'm going to talk about a place where a main character goes for a long period of time. You'll know she survives and grows up. That's all the spoilers there. The rest is talking about world building. The only thing I found in Gwendolynn's character that I didn't like were her frequent thoughts of sex, attraction, and reproduction to Jax. Sure, in this setting, it makes sense. I think it's a natural thing to consider at that point seeing how the majority of the world's population no longer existed. Even so, I thought her deliberations we a bit much, and rather brash. Another thought occurs to me: this book must have been utterly exhausting to write. To outline, sort, carry out. It’s too rich, too cleverly thought-out, and too meticulous. Cripes, it must have been exhausting to write. I love how Dan has a completely different focus in this series to other his-fic authors. Details and obsessive nods to authenticity are not at the forefront here, but the relationship between the characters as well as the banishment of any type of glory whatsoever are absolutely perfect.