![]() ![]() But when he later meets Kern in man-shape, he realizes the truth and sets out to bring Kern's world down around him, destroying his spirit and killing his joys before eventually taking his life.įor Kern has found happiness at the Yellow Tinker, a remote inn where a small, tightly knit group of family and friends - ignorant of Kern's secret nature - has welcomed the loner with open arms and hearts. At present, the harper is hunting the wolf merely for the pleasure of the hunt and kill. Kern, in wolf shape, is being pursued by a soulless thing of magic, a feragh formed of Tuiloch's music and will. ![]() The hero of the tale, the lonely wanderer Kern, is a werewolf. In Wolf Moon, one of de Lint's earlier novels and a rare excursion for him into high fantasy, the harper Tuiloch is the black-hearted evil. Trust Charles de Lint to put a new spin on an old theme. ![]() In fantasy, there are plenty of stories which pit a lone, heroic minstrel - sometimes with some bit of magic about him, at others with only his wits and music - against some dark, evil monster. ![]()
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