— CONTENTS —

Prologue: A Last Wolf 1

Introduction: Hunting the Wolf 9
1 The Iron Wolf 27
2 ‘Here, Here, Here!’ Cried the Wolf 45
3 The Howling Gods 61
4 There I Saw the Grey Wolf Gaping 79
5 Lords Do Not Rise at the Crack of Dawn 107
6 The Lord Is My Shepherd 125
7 Most Likely a Dog 143
8 Severing Their Umbilicals 159
9 Void of Noisome Beasts 175
10 A Celestial Hammer 189

Acknowledgements 212
Notes 213
Select Bibliography 232
Index 234