Peter Higgins' Vlast is a superbly imagined 'other' Russia, an epic land of trackless forest, sentient rain and powers deep in the Earth.

Inspector Vissarion Lom is summoned to the great capital city of Mirgorod to catch the terrorist Josef Kantor. He's been chosen because he's an outsider, impartial to the capital's cruel politics - though not for long.

His investigation opens his eyes to a city teeming with corruption: a murky world of secret police and revolutionaries, and a conspiracy that extends to the upper echelons of the government.

But Lom soon has other concerns. Nature is turning against the city, and the horrors of war threaten everyone within its walls.

WOLFHOUND EMPIRE brings this incredibly powerful trilogy together for the first time.

"Well-paced action... This world of a totalitarian state pitted against equally extremist revolutionaries is gripping... a solid page-turner." - The Sun

"We can expect great things of Peter Higgins... his debut novel is uniquely intriguing." - SCI FI NOW

"The surprises keep on coming ... but quietly and subtly, like a dreaded knock on the door of an apartment in a brutalist concrete tower block in the dead of night. [An] excellent debut novel." - THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

"[The] vivid descriptions and pulsing action sequences are very reminiscent of Fleming. Add this to a sci fi mystery, blending an alternate totalitarian state with an ancient mythical world and you have a potent mix." - FANTASY BOOK REVIEW

"There is much to admire in Higgins's writing, and his fantastical inventions are compelling and enjoyable. It's certainly an intriguing thriller. The plot unfolds swiftly and with an engaging clarity. You turn the pages, eager for clues. Events happen. People you were coming to think of as major players get brutally murdered. Still there is a mystery at the heart of things. The world Higgins creates is immersive and often compelling." - Strange Horizons