The Wolf of the North Trilogy

Wolf of the North, Books 1-3

De: Duncan M. Hamilton

Narrado por: Simon Vance

Contains the complete Wolf of the North trilogy.

Wolf of the North, book 1

It has been generations since the Northlands have seen a hero worthy of the title. Many have made the claim, but few have lived to defend it. Timid, weak, and bullied, Wulfric is as unlikely a candidate as there could be.

A chance encounter with an ancient and mysterious object awakens a latent gift, and Wulfric's life changes course. Against a backdrop of war, tragedy, and an enemy whose hatred for him knows no bounds, Wulfric will be forged from a young boy into the Wolf of the North. This is his tale.

Jorundyr's Path, book 2

Jorundyr's Path is walked only by the brave. It is survived only by the strong. As Wulfric pursues Adalhaid's Blood Debt, he soon learns that the path to revenge is never easy, and the desires of men and the will of gods rarely meet. Aethelman seeks answers to questions long ignored. Rodulf chases power and wealth.

From the streets of Elzburg to the dry plains of Darvaros, Wulfric walks Jorundyr's Path and encounters a world larger than he could ever have dreamed of, filled with friends, enemies, and danger—the crucible from which heroes are forged.

The Blood Debt, book 3

A blade fit for a hero. An army for a tyrant. A reckoning long awaited, and a tale reaching its end.

©2022 Duncan M. Hamilton (P)2022 Podium Audio

Got better with each book

Book 1:
The story is pretty straight forward Norse kind of stuff, though it isn't set on Earth, and no references are made to any real countries or known religions. There's a little magic, but it's pretty subtle and there aren't really any monsters or other humanoid races, other than some wild animals that aren't real animals from Earth.

The main story is narrated by a man in a tavern telling the story, with breaks between chapters where the narrator's current story plays out (though not much has happened there). I like the format of it, you get some story details from people in the crowd asking about the story.

There are some bad people in the story and some good people and the author does a good job of making you like the good people and hate the bad people. The story ends at a good spot, but you're left feeling you definitely need to read the 2nd book to find out what happens. At only about 10 hours that's not too daunting though.

Simon Vance is the Audible narrator and he's one of my favorites (I sometimes try to imitate his style when reading to my wife), so that makes it an even more enjoyable experience.

If you took one of Bernard Cornwell's alternate history books and added some (not a lot of) "real" magic (as opposed to Cornwell's stories where you're never sure if there's magic or not), and took out 80% of the shield walls, you have the Wolf of the North series. That's definitely a complement because I love Bernard Cornwell's books and I like "real" magic.

Book 2
For about the first half of this one I was thinking, this is kind of basic, maybe getting boring, then things got more and more complicated and the magic became more of a focus, I started caring about the characters more. So now I'm excited to read the finale.

It also helps that Simon Vance is reading these and I have a kind of bromance crush on his cool style of narrating.

Book 3:
This was solid 4-star territory, but the ending gave it that extra star. This series was kind of like Game of Thrones, where it started off really low on magic and then the amount increased in each book. It still wasn't some high-magic Forgotten Realms type place, but it definitely made it more interesting.

The only problem I have is with the repeated use of cliche metaphors, "needle in a haystack", "like a knife through hot butter" etc... Mr. Hamilton has shown that he knows how to compose a story and create characters that you care about, but the cliches make the writing seem kind of lazy.

Still, a great trilogy that wasn't 3000 pages long, looking forward to more from Hamilton in the future.

Very very solid trilogy

I love Simon Vance and his narration skills could bring to life even the dullest of tales. The story itself is very well rounded, the plot made sense, the author took care in developing the characters and by the beginning of book 3 your on the edge of your seat waiting of the climax. The only reason I couldn’t give “the story” 5 stars in my review is I felt like the ending was rushed. It felt like, due to page count or something, the author was forced to rush the ending to wrap up the story all nice and neat. In doing so it affected how the overall story came to a close and is just a real shame. This trilogy had all of the makings to be something truly great but got a little bungled at the end. Other than that, I absolutely loved it!!

Kept my attention all the way!

I was looking for an epic adventure and I found it here! I’ve a lifetime of reading and listening to fantasy fiction and this story met all my expectations. I even found myself speaking to Adelaide telling her to hurry up at one point! A good story and a good choice to spend some hours.

Fellow man of the North!

Just the read I was looking for kept me entertained and engaged throughout the series.

Excruciatingly masterful storytelling.

10000000/10

I'm not crying you're crying.

That is one of the best stories I ever listened too.

Great story, Excellent narrator

This is a wonderful story, with an excellent magic structure, good lore, and an amazing narrator.

Phenomenal

I’d listen to anything narrated by Simon Vance. I found this series for that reason. Wow, such a wonderful epic!

Good story

This was a good story and easy to fallow along with. The story teller had a good voice, and easy to listen to. I would listen to moor books by this author.

Epic Adventure Story

Excellent narration takes this already enjoyable trilogy to the next level.

Rooting for the good guys and detesting the bad guys throughout.
Really easy to get invested in the plotlines of the story, only regret I can't listen again for the first time.

Best since Song of Ice and Fire

All I can say is Wow. Title alone, coming from me , is a huge recommendation. I am sad it is over.