Wolves of Adalore
Morgan Gauthier
271 Pages
Published April 12, 2021
Niabi killed for it once and is prepared to kill again.
Crispin wants it and is determined to have his revenge.
Salome wants nothing to do with it, but has to fight for it.
After years of people insisting she must be cursed due to her discolored left eye, Salome starts to believe they might be right. But when Harbona the Seer unexpectedly visits her, he reveals not only has the Year of the Hunter begun, but Salome’s distorted eye is in actuality the Mark of the Hunter, and she is charged to avenge the blood of the innocent.
With the Immortal Seer, their axe-wielding guardian, and a dangerous bounty hunter known as the Wanderer in their company, Salome and her brother, Crispin, embark on a journey to defeat their sister and reclaim the White Throne.
Author Guest Post: Morgan Gauthier
I often get asked the question of what inspired me to write Wolves of Adalore?
I was 14 years old when I started writing this story (Yes, you absolutely read that correctly, I’ve been working on this trilogy for 16 years) and it all stemmed from my love of fantasy fiction (especially The Lord of the Rings) and my interest in medieval history. But the one major problem I was finding in the books I got my hands on was that the female characters were either the “damsel in distress” or the “token love interest” and I didn’t identify with either trope. I wanted to read about a girl who wasn’t perfect, wasn’t the heroine that made every right decision, but the girl who took control of her destiny and saved herself.
As I got older, I found myself fascinated with the villains in stories (Hello, Cersei Lannister!). What happened to mold them into the villain? And I realized that the villain doesn’t see themselves in that wicked light. They are normally the heroes of their own stories.
So with those concepts in mind, I wrote Wolves of Adalore. Both the protagonist and antagonist are women. And they are pretty badass women if I say so myself.
I wanted girls to read a book that showed they didn’t need to wait for a man to save them or slay the dragon that hunts them. They could slay the dragon and save themselves (and then take the crown for their own).
I hope this gives some more insight into the madness that is an author’s mind and I hope you are brave enough to slay your dragon and save yourself.
Author Bio
Morgan Gauthier was born to a pair of book-loving parents who fanned the flames of her obsession with reading and writing. Raised on a healthy diet of The Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Star Wars and even Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie. Morgan says she was bitten by the “Writing Bug” at eleven years old. Over the years she has filled countless notebooks with stories of her own and is extremely grateful her husband, Brad, isn’t bothered by her piles of paper scattered throughout the house. Morgan and her husband live in East Tennessee with their three children: Remi, Archer, and Roux, along with their three rescue dogs, Potter, Skye, and Bubba.
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