The Silver Wolf: Historical Writers' Association Debut Crown 2022 Longlisted
Feb 2022 · Fiskardo's War Book 1 · Atlantic Books
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'Superb storytelling. [...] Readers everywhere are in for a treat!' - Tracy Chevalier
'[A] marvellous [...] intelligently written romp through history' - NB Magazine
'With a huge cast of characters and great storytelling, this is epic, action-packed historical fiction' - Choice
The extraordinarily rich, dark, panoramic tale of an orphaned boy's quest for truth and then for vengeance as war rages across 17th-century Europe.
Amidst the chaos of the Thirty Years' War, Jack Fiskardo embarks upon a quest that will carry him inexorably from France to Amsterdam and then onto the battlefields of Germany. As he grows to manhood will he be able to unravel the mystery of his father's death? Or will his father's killers find him first?
The Silver Wolf is a tale of secrets and treachery and the relentlessness of fate - but it is also a story of courage and compassion, of love and loyalty and ultimately of salvation too.
Book One of Fiskardo's War marks the start of a series of unforgettable, epic historical fiction for readers of Ken Follett and Kate Mosse.
'Harvey handles a huge cast of characters and a mountain of research with enviable confidence, and gives us a gift of a hero. I am completely invested in Jack Fiskardo now, and will eagerly follow him through many more battles and beds, murders and mayhem, to reach his nemesis.' - Tracy Chevalier
'A powerfully impressive debut.' - Minette Walters
'[A] marvellous [...] intelligently written romp through history' - NB Magazine
'With a huge cast of characters and great storytelling, this is epic, action-packed historical fiction' - Choice
The extraordinarily rich, dark, panoramic tale of an orphaned boy's quest for truth and then for vengeance as war rages across 17th-century Europe.
Amidst the chaos of the Thirty Years' War, Jack Fiskardo embarks upon a quest that will carry him inexorably from France to Amsterdam and then onto the battlefields of Germany. As he grows to manhood will he be able to unravel the mystery of his father's death? Or will his father's killers find him first?
The Silver Wolf is a tale of secrets and treachery and the relentlessness of fate - but it is also a story of courage and compassion, of love and loyalty and ultimately of salvation too.
Book One of Fiskardo's War marks the start of a series of unforgettable, epic historical fiction for readers of Ken Follett and Kate Mosse.
'Harvey handles a huge cast of characters and a mountain of research with enviable confidence, and gives us a gift of a hero. I am completely invested in Jack Fiskardo now, and will eagerly follow him through many more battles and beds, murders and mayhem, to reach his nemesis.' - Tracy Chevalier
'A powerfully impressive debut.' - Minette Walters
'Superb storytelling. [...] Readers everywhere are in for a treat!' - Tracy Chevalier
'[A] marvellous [...] intelligently written romp through history' - NB Magazine
'With a huge cast of characters and great storytelling, this is epic, action-packed historical fiction' - Choice
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Sam Todd
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January 4, 2022
If you're unfamiliar with The Thirty Years' War, or find things like character and/or information overload a little off-putting, then The Silver Wolf can be a sluggish story to get through and it can be difficult to keep up with what is going on. However, once the scene setting and character background is over, we are introduced to the main character Jack when a captain of one of the dockyard ships needs help unloading a valuable horse. Jack aids the disembarkment with his equine knowledge, but soon needs help himself when he is gravely injured following a fight. The sea captain takes Jack to the home of the trader he works for and, once nursed back to health, Jack is given a job at the stables where he befriends Cornelius (the housekeeper's son) who gets teased by the local boys. As the blurb promises, the rest of the book follows Jack's story from France to Amsterdam and then onto German battlefields as he attempts to uncover the mystery of his life. In contrast to the detailed descriptions, the language is quite light at times - a blend of old language mixed with modern speech - to make for an easier read, while the ripped edges of the blood-splattered letter on the front cover reinforces the historical feel and brutal war setting.
Sam Van der Walt
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June 24, 2025
Marvelous, and captivating from the first to the last page.
About the author
J. C. Harvey is the fiction pen-name for Jacky Colliss Harvey. After studying English at Cambridge, and History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Jacky worked in museum publishing for twenty years, first at the National Portrait Gallery and then at the Royal Collection Trust, where she set up the Trust's first commercial publishing programme. The extraordinary history of the Thirty Years War (1618-48) and of 17th-century Europe has been an obsession of hers for as long as she can remember. THE SILVER WOLF marks her fiction debut.
J. C. Harvey is the fiction pen-name for Jacky Colliss Harvey. After studying English at Cambridge, and History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Jacky worked in museum publishing for twenty years, first at the National Portrait Gallery and then at the Royal Collection Trust, where she se...
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