The Sight

The Sight by David Clements-Davies (author of Fire Bringer), is a xenofictional novel about wolves and psychic powers. It is often dismissed as "Firebringer with wolves" -- the two stories share a universe and several plot similarities, but The Sight is a good novel on its own. It can be said that the novel is a spiritual sequel to Fire Bringer.

A sequel has also been written: Fell. It focuses on the titular character as he goes on his own personal quest revolving around the Sight and another child, similar to the relationship between Larka and human-baby Bran.


 * Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence:
 * Animal Talk: Aside from the obvious Translation Convention, the wolves also have their own language called varg. Examples include:
 * Dragga - Alpha Male
 * Drappa - Alpha Female
 * Sikla - Omega
 * Lera - Prey animals
 * Anyone Can Die
 * Arc Words: The Sight.
 * Back From the Dead: But only for about a chapter, thanks to Morgra
 * Becoming the Mask:  is brainwashed into becoming Wolfbane for Morgra.
 * Beta Couple: Kaz and Kipcha. It's also kind of a literal example, as Kaz was a Beta in Huttser's pack.
 * Big Bad: Morgra.
 * Big Badass Bird of Prey: Skart, of course.
 * Bittersweet Ending: With borderline Tear Jerker status....
 * Blessed with Suck: While the Sight is often seen as an extraordinary gift, Larka is shown throughout the book to resent it half the time, especially when she can't hunt without feeling her prey's pain as she kills it.
 * Blind Seer: Tsinga
 * Brainwashed: Morgra does this to
 * Break the Cutie: Poor Larka.
 * Butt Monkey: Poor Bran couldn't catch a break.
 * Captain Ersatz: Larka has several similarities to Rannoch of Fire Bringer.
 * Cool Old Lady: Brassa.
 * Disney Death:.
 * The Dragon:  becomes this for Morgra for a brief time as a secret weapon against Larka.
 * Dropped a Bridge on Him: Not exactly the trope, but a literal example:.
 * Dwindling Party
 * Evil Versus Evil: On one side of the Balkar/Rebel conflict is Morga, the Big Bad, who is insane. On the other side of the conflict is Slavka, a mix of General Ripper and Well-Intentioned Extremist... who is also insane.
 * Family-Unfriendly Death: And how....
 * Fantasy Pantheon: Most notably, Tor and Fenris.
 * And also Sita, who is the Jesus-equivalent for the wolves.
 * Can't forget Wolfbane, who, in contrast to Sita, was the equivalent of Satan.
 * Heroic BSOD: Larka experiences one after.
 * Heroic Sacrifice:.
 * Also,
 * I Just Want to Be Normal
 * Infant Immortality: Baby Bran. How many babies can go through what he did?
 * Horribly, horribly averted in the case of, though....
 * It Sucks to Be the Chosen One
 * Jerkass: Fell is this to Kar at the beginning of the book when Larka starts giving Kar attention.
 * Kill'Em All: Not quite, but it comes very f*cking close.
 * Let's You and Him Fight: Slavka forces  into this as a fight to the death.
 * Loads and Loads of Characters: Wait until the first part of the book is over....
 * Lovable Coward: Kar starts out as this.
 * And then there's Bran the Omega.
 * Love Interest: Kar is this for Larka, and vice-versa.
 * Mismatched Eyes: Sort of. Fell has yellow eyes like most wolves, but he has a sliver of green in his right eye. This is considered to be lucky by wolves.
 * Mythology Gag: Several Shout Outs to Fire Bringer, since they are set in the same universe. Rannoch is mentioned as having the Sight, and the varg word Lera was also used in Fire Bringer.
 * The Messiah:.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:
 * The Promise: Larka, Kar, and a grudging Fell formed one when they were younger, calling it "the Pact". As the end of the book comes, Kar is the one who holds onto this promise the strongest.
 * Prophecies Rhyme All the Time
 * Prophecy Twist: It works in the heroes' favor, though, in a rare good example.
 * Rebel Leader: Slavka.
 * Rescued From Purgatory: Sort of.  hadn't died when   made the trip to the Red Meadow.   ends up rescuing   by calling   name over and over when the dead tried keeping   there permanently.
 * Sanity Slippage:  He gets better though, when
 * Start of Darkness: For Morgra, it was being accused of killing a cub and subsequently being banished for it. In truth
 * Storming the Castle: Harja, the citadel where the climax happens.
 * Those Two Girls: Keeka and Karma.
 * Title Drop
 * Tonight Someone Dies
 * You Can't Fight Fate: Larka knows this, too. Doesn't stop her from treading near Wangst territory for a bit, though.
 * You Can't Fight Fate: Larka knows this, too. Doesn't stop her from treading near Wangst territory for a bit, though.