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Wolf Time


A DRAFT FROM THE PAST

There's something unnerving about the October north wind. It makes a wolf in the wilderness turn southward, in search of dangerous prey. It gets inside people's ears, opening their minds to bizarre ideas. It gets under their skin, inclining them to violence.

Of course there's the comet too, a spectacular one, tracked by ordinary people in back yards, and by not-so-ordinary cult members at the top of a makeshift observatory.

Something's gusting into Epsom, Minnesota. A witch in her quiet house feels it with dread. A young disc jockey feels it with confusion. A world-famous Norwegian poet greets it with triumph. And Professor Carl Martell listens to its song with worry—because Martell cannot tell a lie, but he knows one when he hears it.

Praise for Lars Walker's Erling's Word: "... many fierce battles, both with men and with sendings from the other gods.. . a Norse saga wrapped in a hair shirt.. . introspective and bloody...." —VOYA

Cover art by Gary Ruddell



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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, June 1999

Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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New York, NY 10020

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN: 0-671-57815-4

Copyright 1999 by Lars Walker

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

A Baen Books Original
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For Dad and Pauline

Axe-time, sword-time — 
Every shield shattered. 
Wind-time, wolf-time—
Then the world is wrecked.

—from The Voluspá (Sigfod Oski's translation) 

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