Wolfmaster

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Wolfmaster (2001) (Post 235)

Wolfmaster is the story of Dane Chancery, who is scared of just about everything. He's signed up to go on an Adventurers Camp but as the time draws nearer this seems less and less of a good idea. He wants to back out, but Mum and Dad have already paid the deposit. They leave it up to him and Dane forces himself to say he'll go. Climbing through flooded caves isn't his idea of fun, and when he falls he scrambles out into a dry bank. He's not alone.

Dane finds himself dealing with an adventure far beyond anything he's ever faced before, and only Ulf, the outcast wolf with the broken tail, keeps him from utter despair. When Dane finally makes it home he can't stop thinking of Ulf, now left alone in the distant past. His parents take him to a shelter to choose a dog. There are no wolves there, but there's a little dog with a broken tail and its yellow eyes are familiar.

 A wise wolf knows his master, and a wise boy knows that miracles can happen.

 I wrote Wolfmaster after seeing "Meet the Ancestors" which featured a cave that had once been the den of a wolf pack. Some of the character names pay tribute to the host of that program and to a favourite author.

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