Dire Encounters - Man Meets Wolf

by Dolph Volker

Overview

It was a time prior to the last Ice Age where mammalian mega fauna and jumbo flora dominated the landscape. Man was far from the dominant species on the planet. Unknown centuries had passed since the last of the up-rights had been eradicated or banished to the fringes of the great desert. History faded with time as well as the knowledge about the wars between the two factions; man and wolf. Some of the written history remained in the form of legendary petroglyphs and pictographs located inside primitive caves; dotting sporadically along the base of the northern and southern ranges of the Ormod Mountains. The writings recorded great battles between the species and even among themselves. What remained of the cave writings revealed a stagnation of war and hatred between Dire wolves and their enemy, the up-rights.

No wolf knew why they were enemies of man, only that the ancient inscriptions publicized the hostilities between the species. Conflict was the only definable moment in their historical relationship. Pack leadership and the elders reinforced the lessons taught by the ancient writings that were scribed on the walls of their caves. Man was the enemy and there would be no reconciliation.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940046646153
Publisher:	Dolph Volker
Publication date:	03/14/2015
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

New novelist, just finishing DIRE ENCOUNTERS after 5 years of writing it. It is in two parts. Posted TOME1 here at Smashwords; subtitled "Man Meets Wolf". Second part is written but needs editing and some art work done. Title is work in progress but will most likely be "Man Meets Self". There is a part three in conception but won't write it if there is not strong support and interest in it from readers of my first two series.

I write, edit, and illustrate all of my publications. That is why it takes me so long.

Have at least four other books in the works, one about a Romanian Sheepdog pack, Street dog pack and a wayward pure bred Great Pyrenees that has lost his family. Book is entitled "STRAYED". Another about an indigenous, subsistence Inuit Indian family who moves to the city of Churchill Canada. Their teenage son has trouble adjusting but befriends a young imprisoned Polar bear in a book entitled "POLAR BEAR PRISON". A couple of other interesting ideas I'm collecting as well. Have one about a shape shifter in Kazakhstan of all places. A shifter family loses their son in the forest from hunters while he was transformed as a bear. The son survives a hunters bullet to the head but cannot transform back to human because of it and then.... well, you'll just have to buy the book :)

I have a full time job and write primarily for myself but decided to share my work with the world. I have Zoology degree and thus my interest in wildlife and animals; particularly in animal behavior. As in most people lives, I was unable to follow my dream so have a career in computers and write and travel the world as time permits; volunteering at animal sanctuaries to learn about animal behavior and managing a sanctuary. I substitute my lost dreams in fictional stories I write and risking my like traveling to hands-on wildlife animal sanctuaries like the one I attended in South Africa; wrestling Cheetahs. I'll be back in South Africa this spring to do it all over again. I'm a misplaced sole if ever there was one.

My profile pic is also my books back cover image; photo of my faithful St. Bernard named "Sergeant". He was always sitting behind me while I spent hours writing my books. He was sick and slowly fading from an incurable nervous system problem. I wanted to capture his faithfulness so I setup this photo. I eventually had to end his suffering months later. It was the second hardest thing I've faced in life. The 1st was my Great ...