About the novel "Wolfhound" (Semenova MV)

In 2014, all fans of the fantasy genre, and fans of the work of Maria Semenova in particular, received an occasion for joy: the light saw the novel "Wolfhound. The world is on the road. " This is a continuation of a series of works about the life and adventures of the legendary warrior of the genus Gray Dogs.

about the author

The author of many popular books, including long ago the classic of the Slavic fantasy novel "Wolfhound", Maria Semenova was born in Leningrad on November 1, 1958. After graduating from school, she decided to follow the example of her parents engaged in scientific activities. Therefore, she entered the Institute of Aviation Instrumentation in her native city. After graduating in 1982 for ten years, she worked in the scientific research institute specializing in electrical engineer computer.

As the writer herself recalls, she always wrote writing, but this kind of activity in her family was not taken seriously. However, after the successful publication in the publishing house "Children's Literature" of the book "Swans fly away" in 1989 and the release of the second book "Pelko and Wolves" in 1992, the opinion of people close to the writer has changed. She completed her career as an engineer and moved to work as a literary translator for the North-West publishing house.

The idea of creating a novel

Working in the publishing house, she translated translations of works by foreign authors in the fantasy genre in large numbers. These books were instantly bought up by readers, unlike historical works on the Slavic subjects, which the writer published. Then she decided to write a book in the genre of fantasy, using the richest material from the history and traditions of the Slavs.

The novel "Wolfhound" by Maria Semenova, published in 1995, became a literary event. The protagonist, who experienced many sorrows and deprivations, was able to preserve kindness and humanity. He does not look like other, already bored characters in this genre. Therefore, I immediately fell in love with the reader, who was eagerly awaiting the continuation of the adventures of a noble warrior.

Acquaintance with the main character

In his novel "Wolfhound" Semenov introduces the reader to the protagonist, who managed to get out alive from the mines in the Samotsvetny Mountains, where he fell into slavery as a teenager. In his twenty-three years, the young man experienced so many troubles and hardships that it will last for several lives. And now only the thirst for revenge moves them. The time spent in captivity did not break the main character, and the reader meets him on his way to a long-standing goal. High, well-built, he moves silently, like a predator, heading towards the castle of his enemy. His gray-green eyes are burning with determination, and nothing can stop a warrior named Wolfhound. Semenova in his first novel tells the story of an adult hero. Read more about previous events the reader from the book "Wolfhound. Story-stone. " In the chronology of events, he ranks first.

The last of kin

The culprit of the Vinitarius, nicknamed the Cannibal, arrived with his squad on the ship to the village of the Gray Dogs. Vinitarius was the leader of one of the Segovan tribes, who became increasingly difficult to live on his native island because of the spread of glaciers. And now they were looking for new habitats.

Having entered into the trust of the elders of the venoms, they were seized by nightly, despicably attacked their village and destroyed all the representatives of the tribe. One boy remained alive, whom the invaders tried to persecute with dogs, but they refused to tear the boy, so he was simply sold into slavery.

So the last of the kind of Gray Dogs was in terrible mines, where he managed to survive only because of the thirst for revenge. He did not have a name, since the invasion of foreigners occurred on the eve of the boy's initiation into men, where the elders were to give him a real, adult name. Now the enslavers called him just a puppy, but not the pain of the body, tormented by unbearable work, was the most terrible in these mines. The pain of the soul from the loss of those to whom it stretched could break anyone. About this period of life the main character is mentioned in the novel "Wolfhound" by Maria Semenova.

Books "Wolfhound. Story-stone "and" Wolfhound. " Peace on the Road "tells of seven years of bondage, betrayal of a best friend and the beginning of the path to the cherished goal.

Puppy becomes Wolfhound

Fate ordered that the last of the kind of Gray Dogs became a warrior not according to the ancient customs of his people, but according to the cruel laws of mines. Tempered not only his body, but the spirit. And now he wears the nickname Wolfhound. Semenova in the first novel tells how a man who received his nickname in captivity for killing a cruel overseer named Wolf, still did not lose humanity.

His original purpose was only the revenge of the Koons to the Cannibal. Having executed it according to the custom of ancestors, the Wolfhound could easily leave this world and join his fellow tribesmen at the clan fire in heaven. But it turned out that people needed his help. The fate of those freed from the clutches of the Vinitarius of the captives of Tilorn and Nilith is now in the hands of Volkodav, but he does not abandon the weak.

Therefore, many more adventures in the novels "Wolfhound. Right to a duel "," Wolfhound. " The Sign of the Way "and" Wolfhound. " Semi-precious mountains "was prepared for the hero by writer Maria Semenova.

Wolfhound, all books about which invariably enjoy the reader's love, did not leave indifferent cinema. In 2006, the picture "Wolfhound from the Family of the Gray Dogs" appeared on the screens. And although the critics were not unanimous in their assessment, the spectator enthusiastically accepted the adaptation of the adventures of the great warrior.