The Wolves of God

"The Wolves of God" is a haunting supernatural horror novella by Algernon Blackwood. Set among the windswept islands of Orkney, the story follows Jim Peace, a former Hudson Bay Company employee who returns home after thirty years in the Canadian wilderness carrying a terrible secret. As strange fears, whispered legends, and growing dread surround him, Blackwood gradually reveals a chilling tale of guilt, justice, and supernatural retribution. Combining folk horror, psychological terror, wilderness mysticism, and Blackwood's characteristic fascination with unseen forces of nature, the story explores whether some crimes can ever truly be escaped, even across oceans.