Blacktail is a dark fantasy and animal fiction novel written by Scott Hawkins, the critically acclaimed author of the cult-hit The Library at Mount Char. It serves as his highly anticipated sophomore novel, released as a “bloody fairytale” written with poetic savagery about a wolf who embarks on a primal hunt for revenge.

Blacktail is a half-breed wolf, born to hunt. When he finds love beyond a garden wall, he dares to imagine a peaceful life – until men butcher his mate and unborn pups in a surgical act of cruelty. His grief ignites a rampage of torn throats and shattered bone, a slaughter so absolute it draws the gaze of an ancient feline witch. She sends him south to wake the sleeping Forest God and end the age of reason.

Fuelled by a rage that frightens Hell itself, Blacktail wages war against men and the beasts who dare defend them. From a gore-soaked wilderness to a burning confrontation with Heaven, Blacktail is a feral odyssey of vengeance.

The Forest God sleeps. But what will be the price of waking him?