Lone Wolf

“Weymouth is an uncommon brand of travel writer, weaving natural history with culture and politics. . . . [Lone Wolf] is a vehicle for Weymouth to trace the fault lines splintering Europe and to examine how people respond when confronted by unwelcome change. . . . To observe and absorb the natural-human interface, as Weymouth does, is an art.”—The Atlantic

“Thoughtful, empathetic . . . If he keeps going like this, the next book will be extraordinary.”—The Sunday Times

“Superb . . . Weymouth’s prose is crisp and lyrical.”—Sunday Telegraph

“Lone Wolf explains deep time Old World prejudices that still hold an ocean away and across centuries. This book is a mirror that reflects wolf eyes in multiple directions.”—Dan Flores, New York Times bestselling author of Coyote America and Wild New World

“Adam Weymouth guides us alongside melting glaciers and into Austrian farm towns, writing with tremendous curiosity and compassion about the challenges of being an animal . . . in a rapidly changing environment.”—Erica Berry, award-winning author of Wolfish

“The wolf’s resurgence across Europe is a story that will be new to most American readers, and there is nobody better to tell it than Adam Weymouth. Highly recommended!”—Nate Blakeslee, New York Times bestselling author of American Wolf

“Adam Weymouth has made a formidable, thousand-mile foot-journey, both in the tracks of a wolf and into the heart of human-animal relations in contemporary Europe . . . His prose has a glinting precision of analysis and evocation to it.”—Robert Macfarlane, New York Times bestselling author of Underland

“Exceptional . . . Weymouth engages us in an existential journey that we cannot read about without being deeply touched . . . We vicariously experience the magic of a life in direct contact with nature—interrogating us with its most majestic presence . . . A powerful example of empathy and interspecies solidarity that we need to take with us as we aspire to build a society, one where the value of living things is at the center.”—Silvia Federici, author of Caliban and the Witch

“Scintillating . . . Weymouth is an ace travel writer whose immersive prose brings to vivid life the characters and settings he encounters.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“With clear, engrossing prose [Weymouth] illuminates the plight of the wolf in the modern era— A fascinating, powerfully rendered portrait that extends beyond wolves to human nature.”—Kirkus Reviews

“At once a gripping animal adventure story and a thoughtful meditation on history, wanderlust, and belonging in a globalized world.”—Ben Goldfarb, award-winning author of Crossings and Eager

“A majestic and hopeful journey, movingly told by one of our master storytellers.”—Ben Rawlence, award-winning author of The Treeline

“A book about a wolf, about love and hate, and our conflicted relationship with nature and our fellow human beings. A timely and fascinating read.”—Isabella Tree, bestselling author of Wilding

“Essential reading for armchair adventurers and for those who wish to explore the sometimes uncomfortable complexities of rewilding on a thoroughly humanized continent.”—Emma Marris, award-winning author of Wild Souls