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'Paver's love for the natural world comes across so strongly in her writing and her imagination takes you on a twisting, fantastic journey all the way to the Edge of the World.' - Grace Barrett, Waterstones Norwich

'Skillful, satisfying, and minutely researched, this powerful evocation of an ancient world is vivid in its imagery and captivating in its excitement.' - Adrienne Byrne, Muswell Hill Children's Bookshop I am in awe of Paver's accomplishment.' - Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs ' Viper's Daughter is sharp, striking, and loaded with the wisdom of the deep past.

Michelle is in a league of her own with this series and what luck for us all that she hasn't finished with Torak, Renn and Wolf's world yet.' - Abi Elphinstone, author of Rumblestar The storytelling was every bit as vivid and immersive as I remembered. 'Michelle Paver is a writer of extraordinary talent. (By a wild arctic length of many wolf lopes, I suppose I should say).' - Hilary McKay, author of The Skylarks' War The best book I have read this year by a country mile. To journey with Torak and Renn, and Wolf, whose ears were so keen he could hear the clouds pass, was an absolute privilege. The landscape was so bright the light left me blinking, the details as sharp as a carved bone needle. She has slept on reindeer skins, swum with wild orca (killer whales), and got nose-to-nose with polar bears-and, of course, wolves.'What rich, dazzling, immersive storytelling. To research the books, Michelle has traveled to Finland, Greenland, Sweden, Norway, Arctic Canada and the Carpathian Mountains. The hugely successful Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series arose from Michelle's lifelong passion for animals, anthropology and the distant past-as well as an encounter with a large bear in a remote valley in southern California. After gaining a degree in biochemistry from Oxford University, she became a partner in a city law firm, but eventually gave that up to write full-time. Michelle Paver was born in central Africa, but came to England as a child. She has slept on reindeer skins, swum with wild orca (killer whales), and got nose-to-nose with polar bears-and, of course, wolves.