The House
of WolvesRobert McDiarmid's debut novel,
The House of Wolves!
Enveloped by the native spirits of the Pacific Northwest, Roy Wallace and David Moreau's newfound relationship begins. David soon introduces Roy to the House of Wolves, a community of gay men where honor, companionship, spirituality, erotic desire and brotherhood guide the way. Each man living in the house represents a totem from the spirit world, and each one has committed himself to finding a unique path in life.
Having lost their visionary founder to AIDS, the household has been faltering and losing faith in the dreams that brought them together. Energized by his new relationship with Roy, David takes the final steps for the brotherhood to grieve for the past while striving for an incredible new future. The men of the House of Wolves soon come to realize that this new future demands sacrifice and strength. Mystical spirits wait down forest paths as the rituals and traditions of the household are revealed. Everyone--the living and dead--are forced to confront their fears and their faith in order to embrace the extraordinary in their lives.
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The reviews are in!
Facing Fears and Faith
Amos Lassen
“The House of Wolves” is a masculine read
and is triggered by masculine smells. Set in the Pacific
Northwest, we feel the manly touch immediately as Robert
McDiarmid brings together the romantic, the erotic and the
spiritual into one of the most purely masculine reads that I
have sat down with. Yet there is also the element of gay life
that is sexy, strong and filled with manly compassion. I felt
that I could smell the men from the moment I began to read and I
could also smell the outdoors and to me this is very special in
that the author could make his descriptions so real that we feel
we are actually there.
Read the full
review here...
The House of Wolves is a vivid amalgam of elements: body hair and beards, pipe smoke and man-musk, the landscape of the Pacific Northwest, the richness of Native American culture. Robert McDiarmid's evocative novel beautifully intertwines the erotic, the romantic, and the spiritual, and it depicts homomasculinity at its best: lusty, strong, compassionate, and kind.
— Jeff Mann, Lambda Literary Award winner, A History of Barbed Wire
