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One-Eleven, she-wolf and leader of the pack, is the queen of the Gila. It is autumn; the pups have grown since they spring birthing and now join the pack . . . and they hunt.

But men also hunt. Wolvers seeking to remove the wolves from the wilderness.

Will One-Eleven fall to their hunting? Will her pups be safe?

Why is it not possible for wolves and men to co-exist in peace?

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Set in the American southwest, “Wolvers” examines the men, the ranches, the wolves, and how they co-exist in the Gila. Is it possible for men and wolves to co-exist in peace?

Intriguing, captivating, and disturbing, readers meet both the wolves of the Gila and the men determined to remove them. Trace is easily relatable, as is One-Eleven. The unfolding story is about both redemption and second chances. It is also closely intertwined with survival.

Readers are certain to find themselves intrigued by One-Eleven . . . it is easy to root for her ultimate survival, to fret about the pups and what might happen to them. It is also easy to understand why the ranchers are not happy with the wolves being reintroduced to the area. After years without wolves, the decision to re-introduce them to the Gila makes it extremely difficult for the ranchers. But readers will find themselves asking whether or not both the wolves and the ranchers have the right to exist in the Gila. The answers are complicated and every reader is likely to have a different consideration.

However, this difficult-to-set-aside book is a must-read for nature-lovers and those who enjoy a good action-adventure tale. It is lyrical, fascinating, and thought-inspiring.

Highly recommended.

I received a free copy of this eBook from St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving this review.
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I greatly appreciate receiving an ARC of this book - thank you to the Author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity in exchange for my honest opinion. I really wanted to love this book but will admit I struggled greatly to become engaged with this story. The writing is really well done and the pacing, setting, and theme are on point. I had a difficult time with the story going back and forth and the sometimes graphic scenes. I am sure this book will be a homerun for many readers but it just wasn't for me. Thank you again for the opportunity.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the eARC.
This is a difficult book for me to review. I.loved the parts about One-Eleven, the she-wolf, but didn't feel much for the human characters. The descriptions of the wilderness are superb and so is the writing. However, the descriptions of the killings were a bit too gruesome and graphic for me ...
I know the subject of the re- introduction of wolves is a contentious one, but I love the fact that a species that once roamed the earth and was almost killed off by humans, is slowly recognized as being as much a part of Mother Nature as we are.

A fascinating read with a rich cast of characters—especially the wolves. Vivid descriptions of land and terrain immerse you in the setting, while the wolf chapters add depth and empathy. The varied personalities and evolving relationships keep the story engaging. Highly recommended.

Wow! This book is as impressive as it is informative! One-Eleven is an alpha female wolf in the Gila Wilderness--the oldest designated area where nothing mechanized is allowed. Two humans are introduced: Trace and Murdock; each have different motives but neither are afraid of being in the wilderness with wild animals. It's the first--and only--book I've ever read that so carefully personifies a wolf as both a predator and a caring parent. It's both a tear-jerker and an informative text as we see animals--and humans as they co-exist in the wild!
Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC!

Wolves is a novel with one of the most vivid descriptions of wildlife and their habitats as well as the Southwest with its forests and parks. The suspense built around the hunters and hunted is immense. Wolves as well as humans are essential characters as this book of survival is penned. I recommend it to all.

Thank you to Taylor Brown and NetGalley for the advanced copy.

An ecological thriller with a vague shadow political movement thrown in. The plot gets a little murky, but I guess it was for character background.

It was intriguing for the wolf point of view writing but It was also a little tough to read sometimes with the way he wrote how his characters were speaking. while accurate linguistically it was not how I was used to reading dialogue.

Excellent storytelling! Wolvers brings to light the ever present divide regarding wolves and livestock. Add in current political issues and you have an explosive book. Very well done.

This was my 7th Taylor Brown novel and I’ve loved his writing and storytelling in each of them. 5 stars for the writing here , too. This the opening of the Prologue : “ Fields black beneath a starless sky. A land feathered riders once ride on painted horses, following inland seas of bison while the bones of mastodon and dire wolf slept beneath their hooves.” I’ve said it in multiple reviews, this guy was born to write so it pains me to say it’s 3 stars for my overall enjoyment .

The portrayal of the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico and the reintroduction of wolves after being killed off is told in this story of hunters and the hunted - both men and wolves . The most fascinating part was Brown’s writing some of the novel from the perspective of One- Eleven, a female wolf. While I understand the importance of maintaining the wilderness and recognize Brown’s message, the gruesome descriptions wolf killing its prey and the feasting on it were too much to take as were the other acts of violence by men. It’s realistic, I’m sure as the book is well researched.

There’s clearly a message here, but without any preaching . Even though this was not my favorite of his, as always I look forward to Taylor Brown’s next book.


I see received a copy if this from St. Martin’s Press through NetGalley.

I almost DNF’ed this book several times during the first 20%. As it is, I’m still disgusted by the disturbing animal deaths I read about. There was really no need to go into such in-depth details. The author will lose many readers once they discover this.

Am I glad I read it? Yeah, I guess so. But some of the worst people imaginable are in this book, and there is no one to root for at first. Then, once Trace has a bit of an awakening, it’s still difficult to root for him because he can be prickly and still did awful things in the past.

The best character in the book is easily the wolf, One-Eleven. It was much easier to relate to her struggles than the struggles of the book’s humans. Oh, and something that was odd was the fact that the author wrote ‘lion’ tons of times before specifying they meant a mountain lion. I was almost to the point where I believed they’d made a huge mistake and claimed that lions ran free in the U.S.

The last third of the book was the best. It even brought tears to my eyes at one point. But it wasn’t enough to elevate the book’s rating, IMHO.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an ARC. This review contains my honest, unbiased opinion.

Wolvers by new to me author Taylor Brown, published by St. Martin's Press, is full length, stand alone, general fiction novel.
I tiptoed around this book for a few days now. Started reading and was intrigued.
Set in the Southwest of America the author manages to uniquely blend characters, storyline and fiction into a riveting novel.
Trace is angry at the world, he lost his ranch, is broke and just got hired to hunt down the she-wolf One-Eleven.
She is the leader of her pack, cunning, outwitting their enemies, but soon both have to depende on each other.
A wonderful story about survival, redemption, second chances, 5 stars.

5 stars Thank you to St Martins Publishing Group for offering me an ARC of this book for an unbiased review. Publishes April 7, 2026

When I find a book like this I just want to savor it for a few days after reading, before I do my review. I don't rate many books a 5 star read, but a few I would give more stars to if they were available - and this book fits that bill. I have always enjoyed Taylor Brown's writing. And he did not disappoint with this, his newest book.

With minimal characters Brown transplants us into the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico. Along with Horn, Murdock and Imogene, Trace is either running from or fighting along side them for literally his life. His life and the life of the main character - One-Eleven - she wolf, leader of the Dark Canyon pack.

This book resonates with nature and the wilderness. Brown has well researched both this land and the reintroduction of the wolf to the Southwest and wove a great story around the two. Once I picked up this book I didn't want to lay it down.

Beautifully written literary thriller. Well-drawn characters, including chapters rendered from the perspective of a lead she-wolf, One-Eleven. Lots of great detail about survival in the wild and plenty of twists and turns. At times, a slow burn, but again, the writing is so beautiful those quieter moments oftentimes resulted in meditative asides that just added to the layers of the story.

I've read and loved every book by Taylor Brown, and this one was no exception. I loved every minute of reading this, his latest had exactly the right tone and tension as the story continues.

This is one of those books, especially if you're already a fan of his works, that will perhaps pull you in at a slower pace, but that makes it all the sweeter, in the end. There are stories shared by the characters, themselves, and then there are other stories told, and some to come as time passes.

If you're a fan of Taylor Brown, you won't want to miss reading this one.


Pub Date: 07 Apr 2026

Many thanks for the opportunity to read 'Wolvers'

This was a great book. I loved every paragraph, every sentence and every word of this masterpiece! I read it in 12 hours, which is a lot for me to do! It had everything and more laid out in the novel! I sure hope There is more to come from this author! I am totally hooked!

Alas! This year has been so full of books that I wanted to like and didn't, and now I have another to add to my pile.

An author whose previous work I enjoyed immensely? Check.

A great concept laid out in the blurb? Check.

The actual execution? Chapter fifteen and I still wasn't hooked. (I don't think I had that problem with <i>Rednecks!</i>)

(The "professional" version ends here. I write quite differently on Goodreads!)

I really enjoyed reading this book, it had that thrilling concept and enjoyed the idea of survival. I was hooked from the first page and enjoyed the overall concept of this. Taylor Brown was able to weave that story that I was looking for and had a great time reading this. The characters were so well written and worked with the plot of the book, I was glad I got to read this and am excited for more.

Wolvers by Taylor Brown is a tense, layered thriller that runs on adrenaline, silence, and the howl of something ancient moving just out of sight. It’s not just a survival story or an environmental novel—it’s both, and something more: a study in wildness, in the bloodlines that bind man and beast to the land.

Set in the stark, beautiful sprawl of the Gila Wilderness, the novel follows Trace Temple, a young man caught in a personal and political snare. After tragedy strikes his family following a wolf shooting, he finds himself entangled with a militant group whose idea of “freedom” comes with rifles and blood-stained maps. What begins as a mission to eliminate a she-wolf named One-Eleven becomes something far more complicated—and human—when Trace begins to question the loyalties he’s sold himself to.

One of the most gripping elements here is the way Brown writes the wolves. These chapters aren’t just atmospheric interludes—they are essential. They don’t anthropomorphize the animals but render their lives with such visceral clarity that you feel their hunger, fear, and instinctive brilliance in your bones. It’s this dual lens—man and wolf—that makes the novel resonate beyond its action. The wilderness isn’t just a backdrop; it’s a character, one as unknowable and untamable as any human.

Murdoch, the shadowy hunter who eventually replaces Trace, is perhaps the weakest link. There’s a cold menace to him, but I found myself wishing he’d been more than just the storm on the horizon. Still, the tension he brings adds teeth to the plot.

Brown’s prose is lean, muscular, and unpretentious. It carries the weight of the landscape well, and his respect for the terrain and its inhabitants—human or otherwise—is evident without becoming didactic. While the politics of wolf reintroduction and Western autonomy linger in the margins, the novel wisely avoids soapboxing. Instead, it presents a world of deep divides—between nature and control, loyalty and fear, survival and conscience.

For readers who like:
-Literary thrillers
-Gritty survival narratives
-A backdrop of rural America

Final Verdict
Wolvers is more than a predator-versus-prey tale. It’s a brutal and beautiful confrontation between what we tame and what we choose to leave wild—within ourselves and the world around us. Even if you come for the chase, you’ll stay for the haunting quiet it leaves behind.

Grateful to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press and Taylor Brown for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this story in exchange for an honest review.