As a stop gap between books, I wound up grabbing Bill Bridges's (actually listed here as William Bridges) The Silver Crown, aka how King Albrect of the Silver Fangs became king. Long recap made short: back when Werewolf: The Apocalypse 2nd Edition came out, there was a really cool comic that bookended the text that showed how Albrecht literally ran into the Wendigo Evan who was undergoing his First Change and how they joined with the Black Fury Mari to form a pack. Throughout the book, we had other cartoon glimpses of them, illustrating playing the game and fighting.
Anyway, Albrecht is the Grandson of Jacob Morningkill, who at the start of the books is king of the North Country protectorate in Vermont.Jacob suffers from the usual Silver Fang derangements, in this case, paranoia. He has, however, put his trust in Polly Purebred, AKA Lord Arkady, Scion of House Crescent Moon. When Jacob is killed by Black Spiral Dancers, Jacob uses his last breath to unexily his grandson.
Which ends up with Arkady and Albrecht dueling for the right of Kingship. Arkady cheat sin a way that can't be proven due to archaic Silver Fang protocols, so Albrecht has roughly 2 weeks to undergo a quest to find the MacGuffin, the Silver Crown, fabled relic of the Silver Fangs.
Which leads to the realm of Pangaea, The Abyss, a Black Spiral Hive, the Silver Fang Homeland, and finally New York City. After undergoing a literal hitting rock bottom, Albrecht finally does gain the kingship and heals a few wounds with his pack. (Not that it matters, he and Mari will nitpick each other until Apocalypse.)
It remains a fun read, fast paced with none of the anime style combat that plagued some of the Tribe Novels.
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