Description: "Cherie Dimaline has written a wondrous and deeply felt novel about hypocrisy, power imbalance and the strange, dangerous space between reality and belief. Dimaline is one of the most honest and fearless writers of her generation, and Empire of Wild is an honest and fearless book." - Omar El Akkad, author of American War "Deftly written, gripping and informative. Empire of Wild is a rip-roaring read!" - Margaret Atwood, From Instagram "...close, tight, stark, beautiful...Dimaline has crafted something both current and timeless, mythic but personal." - NPR "Inventive, passionate... Smartly written with believable characters, a tight plot, and breathtaking sentences, this is a must-read literary thriller." - Publishers Weekly, starred review "Electrifying." - Harper's Bazaar, best books to read this year "Recalls Neil Gaiman's American Gods in its grittiness and humor as well as its depiction of gods and legendary creatures interfering in the lives of contemporary humans." - Library Journal "An emotionally complex, at times mysterious, always enthralling book that skillfully weaves threads of colonialist legacy and trauma, familial bonds, human resilience and fallibility, and so much heart." - Book Marks "A magical, electric novel that merges our modern urban world with the mythology of an uncolonized landscape. The wonders of Indigenous values and their struggle to survive against insidious Western ideology and culture are framed in a wild adventure that cements Dimaline's talents as a magical realist provocatrice." - Heather O'Neill, author of The Lonely Hearts Hotel "Dimaline here turns an old story into something newly haunting and resonant." - New York Times Book Review

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