The Wolf Road

By: Beth Lewis

Narrated by: Amy McFadden

Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's summary

True Grit meets The Road in this postapocalyptic psychological thriller - narrated by a young girl who has just learned that her adoptive father may be a serial killer and that she may be his next victim.

Everything Elka knows of the world she learned from the man she calls Father, the solitary hunter who took her under his wing when she was just seven years old. He has taught her how to shoot, track, set snares, and start fires - all the skills she needs to survive in a frozen, lawless land where civilization has been destroyed and men are at the mercy of the elements and each other. But the man Elka thought she knew so well is harboring a terrible secret. He's a killer. A monster. And now that Elka knows the truth, she, too, is in danger.

Armed with nothing but her knife and the survival skills he's taught her, Elka makes her escape and sets out on a journey to the frozen North in the hope of finding her long-lost parents. But judging by the trail of blood and bodies dogging her footsteps, Daddy won't be letting his little girl go without a fight. If Elka's going to survive, she'll have to turn and confront not just him but the truth about what he's turned her into.

The Wolf Road is an intimate cat-and-mouse tale of justice and revenge played out against a vast, unforgiving landscape - told by an unforgettable, tough-as-nails young heroine whose struggle to escape the terrors of her past and rejoin humanity are at once horrifying and heartbreaking.

©2016 Beth Lewis (P)2016 Recorded Books

A Y.A. Novel without the Y.A. Conventions

If I had to describe it, I'd say it's a bit of McCarthy's The Road, Punke's The Revenant, and a dash of McCarthy's No Country For Old Men all mixed into one story. That being said, it ends up being its own thing. I did find some personal criticisms with the book, but regardless, I was entertained all the way though. Writing style is unique and beautiful, characters are well written, and the plot is extremely well-paced and intense.

Amazing

Excellent story! Superb narrative!!! One of my very favorites. I thoroughly enjoyed this book & highly recommend it.

A thriller worthwhile reading page by page

I definitely recommend reading this if you like westerns and thrillers. This book gets better and better with every page. Elka and her friend Penelope, hero and villain in one person show us how blurry the lines between good and evil can be. Enjoy!

Great Book and Reader

A book similar to "The Road" but with more depth and probability. Was hoping for a happy ending but got a truthful hopeful one instead. A bit long winded but with great characters. The only main fault I felt was that the main character, Elka, had too big a vocabulary for someone that spent most of her life alone or with only one person for company... not to mention not ignorant enough. Otherwise great.

Struggled to get thru...

I tried really hard to enjoy this book. However, the storyline felt predictable and the dialect felt out of place. On top of that, the narrator's storytelling did not feel natural to the rhythm of the story. I kept thinking I'd get use to the dialect and the narrator, but struggled until the last line.

Accent

Would've been better with someone with a natural
Country accent. Whoopin' and hollering, for instance, is not pronounced with a "w" in whoopin. It's alliterative: the "w" is pronunced like it is with the word "who". /hooping and hollering/

This was one of a few distracting cringe-worthy problems with the accent.

People with real
Country accents can read. Maybe find one when needed.

The narrator's acting, however, was excellent. I could feel the emotions of the characters as she portrayed them.

A compelling epic story

Richly textured and beautifully narrated, I enjoyed this novel very much. The story unfolds gradually but not in the way that makes the listener/reader impatient. I enjoy dark tales (darker the better) so this was nowhere near too violent for me. If one is squeamish to random violence on innocents they may want to look elsewhere. Great tale!

Great!

One of the best audible books I’ve listened to in quite a while. Very good, but story is a little depressing. Others who mention the murder of children, the author does not describe the actual murder, every time it’s an after the fact scene, bloody knife or scalp. There no description of the actual killings.

Girl power! Loved it!

Great story with powerful, complicated female characters. A fun read.A fresh take on the hero's journey.

wonderful adventure

Dark, haunting and intriguing. Post apocalyptic world & regrowth of wilderness where humans must fight to survive.