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A half-wolf’s brutal revenge quest after humans kill his family becomes a dark fantasy odyssey to wake a Forest God.
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A half-wolf’s brutal revenge quest after humans kill his family becomes a dark fantasy odyssey to wake a Forest God.
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A twisting and apocalyptic 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 total slaughter. In his violence, Blacktail 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 pla...
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Sexual content
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Sexual content present, including animal mating and other sexual material
Violence & gore
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Pervasive graphic gore: animal slaughter, blood, dismemberment, brutal kills
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Forest God faith, Archangels, and hunt-as-divine-order central to plot
Magic & witchcraft
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Feline witch, sleeping Forest God, and otherworldly forces drive the quest
Occult / demonology
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No real-world occult content present
Political content
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Central eco-horror critique of human exceptionalism and environmental ruin
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Sustained graphic animal cruelty, pet mutilation, child death, lab testing
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