About the novel "Wolfhound" (Semenova M.V.)

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In 2014, all fans of the fantasy genre, and fans of the work of Maria Semenova in particular, got a reason to rejoice: the novel “Wolfhound. Peace along the way. This is a continuation of a series of works about the life and adventures of the legendary warrior from the kind of Gray Dogs.

About the author

The author of many popular books, including the Slavic fantasy novel The Wolfhound, which has long become a classic, Semenova Maria Vasilievna was born in Leningrad on November 1, 1958. After graduating from school, she decided to follow the example of her parents who were engaged in scientific activities. Therefore, in her hometown, she entered the Institute of Aviation Instrumentation. After graduating in 1982, she worked for ten years at a scientific research institute as a computer electrical engineer.

As the writer herself recalls, she was always engaged in writing, but this type of activity was not taken seriously in her family. However, after the successful publication of the book Swans Fly Away by the publishing house "Children's Literature" in 1989 and the release of the second book "Pelko and the Wolves" in 1992, the opinion of relativesthe writer of people has changed. She ended her career as an engineer and went to work as a literary translator at the North-West publishing house.

The idea of creating a novel

Working at a publishing house, she translated a large number of works by foreign authors in the fantasy genre. These books were instantly sold out by readers, in contrast to the historical works on Slavic subjects that the writer published. Then she decided to write a book in the fantasy genre, 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 has experienced many sorrows and hardships, was able to maintain kindness and humanity. He is not like other, already boring characters of this genre. Therefore, the reader immediately fell in love, who was looking forward to the continuation of the adventures of the noble warrior.

Meet the main character

In her novel "Wolfhound" Semenova introduces the reader to the main character, who managed to get out alive from the mines in the Gems Mountains, where he was enslaved as a teenager. In his twenty-three years, the young man has experienced so many troubles and deprivations that it will last for several lives. And now he is driven only by a thirst for revenge. The time spent in captivity did not break the protagonist, and the reader meets him on the way to a long-standing goal. Tall, well-built, he moves silently, like a predator, heading for the castle of his enemy. His grey-green eyes glow with determination, and nothingwill be able to stop a warrior nicknamed Wolfhound. Semenova in her first novel tells the story of an adult hero. The reader will learn more about previous events from the book “Wolfhound. Istovik stone. In the chronology of events, he takes first place.

Last of a Kind

The culprit of all the troubles of the protagonist was the Kuns Vinitary, nicknamed the Cannibal, who arrived with his squad on a ship in the village of the Gray Dogs tribe. Vinitarius was the leader of one of the tribes of the Segvans, who were finding it increasingly difficult to live on their native island due to the spread of glaciers. And now they were looking for new lands to inhabit.

Having gained confidence in the elders of the Venns, the Segvans meanly attacked their village at night and destroyed all the representatives of the tribe. Only one boy remained alive, whom the invaders tried to hunt down 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 ended up in the terrible mines, where he managed to survive only thanks to the thirst for revenge. He did not have a name, since the alien invasion took place on the eve of the boy's initiation into man, 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 overwork, was the most terrible in these mines. The pain of the soul from the loss of those to whom it reached out could break anyone. This period in the life of the protagonist is mentioned in the novel "Wolfhound" by Maria Semenova.

Books “Wolfhound. Istovik-Stone" and "Wolfhound. Peace on the road" tells about seven years of captivity, betrayalbest friend and the beginning of the path to the cherished goal.

Puppy becomes Wolfhound

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

His original goal was only revenge on Koonsu Ogre. Having performed it according to the custom of the ancestors, the Wolfhound could easily leave this world and join his fellow tribesmen at the family fire in heaven. But it turned out that people needed his help. The fate of the slaves Tilorn and Niilith freed from the clutches of Vinitarius is now in the hands of the Wolfhound, and he does not abandon the weak.

Therefore, there are many more adventures in the novels “Wolfhound. The right to fight”, “Wolfhound. The Sign of the Way” and “Wolfhound. Semi-precious Mountains” was prepared for her hero by the writer Maria Semenova.

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