Talulla Demetriou is the last living werewolf. And she is pregnant. Pursued by enemies and racked by the need to kill, she flees to a remote Alaskan hunting lodge to have her child in secret. There, with her infant son in her arms, it looks as if the worst is over. Until the door bursts open - and she discovers that the worst is only just beginning ...Talulla is plunged into a race against time to save her son. Tormented by guilt and fuelled by rage, she is pursued by deadly forces - including (rumour has it) the oldest living vampire on earth. Hopeless odds. Unless, of course, a mother's love for her child turns out to be the deadliest force of all ...
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'Loaded with beautifully constructed lunatic ravings... It is a horror that never shies from the human side of lycanthropy; it is a disquisition on the nature of werewolf stories; it is a sublime study in literary elegance. It is bloody (and) brilliant' -- Independent on Sunday
A brilliantly original thriller, a love story, a witty treatise on male (and female) urges, even an existential musing on what it is to be human.' - Word Magazine
'Playfully brainy... wry, world-weary Jake Marlowe would make a fabulous dinner companion. Just not during a full moon' - Justin Cronin, author of The Passage, New York Times
'A magnificent novel. A brutal, indignant, lunatic howl. A sexy, blood-spattered page-turner, beautifully crafted and full of genuine suspense, that tears the thorax out of the horror genre to create something that stands rapturous and majestic and entirely on its own' - Nick Cave
'As well as being thought-provoking, it's all great fun. Some of the conventions are borrowed from genre fiction, but the writing sure isn't... Duncan's writing does more than transcend genre fiction: it creeps up on it in the dead of night, rips out its heart, then eats it' -- Scarlett Thomas, Guardian
'This bloodthirsty page turner is as far removed from teen schmaltz Twilight as you can imagine' -- Big Issue
'The horror genre at its best - wildly imaginative, written with wit and intelligence, wickedly entertaining' --Kate Saunders, The Times
'This is pulp fiction but of the highest order...a wonderfully constructed universe of hipster philosophy, hard-bitten humour, just enough arcane mystery and a whole load of Tarrantino-Technicolour sex and violence . . . it goes way beyond genre writing' --Word Magazine
'A rip-roaring narrative of jet set travel transgressive sex, secret societies, vampires, mercenaries, familiars and silver bullets' -- SFX Magazine
'Bonkers but brilliant' --Daily Mirror
A brilliantly original thriller, a love story, a witty treatise on male (and female) urges, even an existential musing on what it is to be human.' - Word Magazine
'Playfully brainy... wry, world-weary Jake Marlowe would make a fabulous dinner companion. Just not during a full moon' - Justin Cronin, author of The Passage, New York Times
'A magnificent novel. A brutal, indignant, lunatic howl. A sexy, blood-spattered page-turner, beautifully crafted and full of genuine suspense, that tears the thorax out of the horror genre to create something that stands rapturous and majestic and entirely on its own' - Nick Cave
'As well as being thought-provoking, it's all great fun. Some of the conventions are borrowed from genre fiction, but the writing sure isn't... Duncan's writing does more than transcend genre fiction: it creeps up on it in the dead of night, rips out its heart, then eats it' -- Scarlett Thomas, Guardian
'This bloodthirsty page turner is as far removed from teen schmaltz Twilight as you can imagine' -- Big Issue
'The horror genre at its best - wildly imaginative, written with wit and intelligence, wickedly entertaining' --Kate Saunders, The Times
'This is pulp fiction but of the highest order...a wonderfully constructed universe of hipster philosophy, hard-bitten humour, just enough arcane mystery and a whole load of Tarrantino-Technicolour sex and violence . . . it goes way beyond genre writing' --Word Magazine
'A rip-roaring narrative of jet set travel transgressive sex, secret societies, vampires, mercenaries, familiars and silver bullets' -- SFX Magazine
'Bonkers but brilliant' --Daily Mirror
About the Author
GLEN DUNCAN was born in Bolton in 1965 and studied philosophy and literature at Lancaster University. His first novel, Hope, was published in 1997, and has been followed by seven further novels: Love Remains; I, Lucifer, shortlisted for the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize; Weathercock; Death of an Ordinary Man; The Bloodstone Papers; and A Day and A Night and A Day. The Last Werewolf was published in 2011 and is the first in a trilogy of which Talulla Rising forms the second part. Duncan lives in London.
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By number9dream
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To say this was an eagerly awaited sequel is understating the case, ever since the end of the superb "Last Werewolf" I have been waiting for the next instalment and this does not disappont at all. Glen Duncan has somehow managed to up the ante with each of his novels (perhaps he made a deal with Lucifer who was after all the central character of one of his earlier novels?) and each one has been even better than the last. While his sophisticated structuring and intelligent literary referencing may not be for everyone even without this he writes a great story with characters the reader believes in a cares about. He also imbues the story with a great deal of dry wit and humour, also trademark Duncan.
Talullah Rising begins in the aftermath of the gory ending of the Last Werewolf with Talullah pregnant and looking for somewhere to give birth away from the werewolf hunters at WOCOP and the vampires who are after her due to the potentially light-resistant properties of werewolf DNA. It's a great set up for the story and within 15 pages I was sucked in and put the book down once before I finished it. I absolutely recommend this book to anyone, and am already counting down to the final book in the trilogy.
Talullah Rising begins in the aftermath of the gory ending of the Last Werewolf with Talullah pregnant and looking for somewhere to give birth away from the werewolf hunters at WOCOP and the vampires who are after her due to the potentially light-resistant properties of werewolf DNA. It's a great set up for the story and within 15 pages I was sucked in and put the book down once before I finished it. I absolutely recommend this book to anyone, and am already counting down to the final book in the trilogy.
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This is a very entertaining sequel to The Last Werewolf. I had high expectations of this as The Last Werewolf totally absorbed me and this does not disappoint. You do need to have read the previous novel to fully apprciate the story although if you did dive in right here I think Glen Duncan's writing style is so entertaining it could well make up for any story gaps you are missing. There lots of references to the previous story's main character and his outlook on werewolf life as Talulla has Jacob's journal with her as a sort of werewolf reference for any werewolf education she still needs.
Glen Duncan writes this in first person again, using more sharp observations, humour and occasional pop culture references to ground the book and give it a sense of realism. It worked brilliantly in the first story so I am very glad he stuck with that style for the sequel.
Obviously this whole first person approach hangs on the main character being interesting and she certainly is that, perhaps even more so than Jacob was in The Last Werewolf. The author does a brilliant job of describing the problems and solutions of being a werewolf parent, the badly timed birth scene is particularly well described and the sense of the power of Talulla's emotions towards her babies is very real.
As with the first story this held my interest throwing in plenty of character developments, action and pretty shocking twists that I never got close to getting bored once. The mostly quite short chapters as before helps keep the momentum of the story going and often made me try and read "just one more" chapter.
I also really like how as before the quality feel of the hardback, binding and the edging to the pages just shouts quality to me.
The author does not shy away from some of the adult themes that the werewolf life style and supernatural needs requires and thus uses some very strong adult language; if the occasional use of the "c word" offends you will not like this.
To sum up this is another very entertaining example of adult werewolf literature. I can't wait for the third part now!
Glen Duncan writes this in first person again, using more sharp observations, humour and occasional pop culture references to ground the book and give it a sense of realism. It worked brilliantly in the first story so I am very glad he stuck with that style for the sequel.
Obviously this whole first person approach hangs on the main character being interesting and she certainly is that, perhaps even more so than Jacob was in The Last Werewolf. The author does a brilliant job of describing the problems and solutions of being a werewolf parent, the badly timed birth scene is particularly well described and the sense of the power of Talulla's emotions towards her babies is very real.
As with the first story this held my interest throwing in plenty of character developments, action and pretty shocking twists that I never got close to getting bored once. The mostly quite short chapters as before helps keep the momentum of the story going and often made me try and read "just one more" chapter.
I also really like how as before the quality feel of the hardback, binding and the edging to the pages just shouts quality to me.
The author does not shy away from some of the adult themes that the werewolf life style and supernatural needs requires and thus uses some very strong adult language; if the occasional use of the "c word" offends you will not like this.
To sum up this is another very entertaining example of adult werewolf literature. I can't wait for the third part now!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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A great sequel to the truly magnificent "The Last Werewolf". G. Duncan's writing style is almost as much of a joy to behold as the tales his spins with it. The man is truly a master of language and this is reflected in his epically brilliant novels.
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loved it!
I so loved this book. Tallula is an ace character that I feel most women will relate to even though she is a werewolf. This is because the writer makes her character believeable. Read more
Published 1 day ago by Miss Denny S. Taylor
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A very literary horror
Talulla Rising is a sequel to Glen Duncan's excellent 'The Last Werewolf', and picks up immediately where TLW leaves off. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Book Critic
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Graphic sex, torture and violence.......
I normally avoid any books featuring werewolves, vampires, elves or fairies so I am obviously not part of the target audience! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Wynne Kelly
2.0 out of 5 stars
Just didn't live up to the first book...
I was really looking forward to reading this book - but it didn't live up to suspense and intrigue of the first.
Published 2 months ago by Richie
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Talulla Rising
Never thought I would end up feeling sorry for a werewolf, but I did. Good story a real page turner, did not seem far fetched.
Published 2 months ago by Mr Derek Parker
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A must read.
Excellent follow up to Duncan's previous book "The Last Warewolf" that deftly builds and expands upon not only the characters but also the myths and politics of the world... Read more
Published 2 months ago by M. N.
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Brilliant sequel
If you enjoyed The Last Werewolf you'll love this amazing sequel from a writer at the top of his game.
Published 2 months ago by Mr Nicholas Venables
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not my genre but I really enjoyed it
It's full of wonderful language, funny, wise, and fast paced. Good book. I enjoyed the first book, I found it funny. This sequel doesn't disappoint.
Published 3 months ago by dragontwins
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A grown up vampires and werewolves tale....
This book is a sequel but can be read as a stand alone novel, I have not read the first book but enjoyed this tale. Well written and action packed. A real page turner. Read more
Published 3 months ago by L. mckay
3.0 out of 5 stars
Eagerly awaited sequel DOES rather disappoint
I read the Last Werewolf in under two days, literally couldn't put it down - one of my favourite Duncans! Couldn't wait to get started on Talulla Rising... Read more
Published 3 months ago by _roope_
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