Little Wolves

In this haunting blend of myth, reality, and prairie horror, the repercussions of a heinous murder echo through a small Minnesota town.

A modern classic of the Midwest, from Alex Award Winner Thomas Maltman.

“An ambitious mythic thriller that hums with energy and portent.” —Leif Enger, author of Virgil Wander

Southern Minnesota, 1980s. A drought season is pushing family farms to the brink in Lone Mountain when Seth Fallon, a teenage boy, murders the local sheriff and then shoots himself. In the wake of his son’s violent act, his father decides to look for answers. His search leads him to form an unlikely connection to Clara, his son’s teacher, who has recently returned to Lone Mountain for reasons of her own: to learn the truth behind the old myths and dark folklore she was raised on, which she suspects hold a devastating truth about her past, as well as the town itself. 

Little Wolves is a penetrating look at small-town America from the award-winning author of The Night Birds as well as a powerful murder mystery woven with elements of folklore, Norse mythology, and horror.

Thomas Maltman is the author of the novels The Night Birds, Little Wolves, The Land and Ashes to Ashes. He has won an Alex Award, a Spur Award, and the Friends of American Writers Literary Award, and his work has been an Indie Next and All Iowa Reads selection. He has an MFA from Minnesota State University, Mankato, teaches at Normandale Community College, and lives in the Twin Cities area.