Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Wolf Country cover art

Wolf Country

By: Tunde Farrand
Narrated by: Amaka Okafor
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Buy Now for £13.99

Buy Now for £13.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Growing Season cover art
Broadcast cover art
Before and After cover art
The Room cover art
One cover art
The Black cover art
Three Days Breathing cover art
Blackout Obscura cover art
Subject Twenty-One cover art
Gold Dust cover art
The Posh Prepper cover art
Duet cover art
Apocalypse cover art
Constance cover art
The Restoration of Otto Laird cover art
The Missing Sister cover art

Summary

Wolf Country is a powerful dystopian vision in the spirit of Black Mirror and Never Let Me Go.

Ownership of land outside the city is the preserve of a tiny elite and the rest of the population must spend to earn a Right to Reside. Ageing has been abolished thanks to a radical new approach, replacing retirement with blissful euthanasia at a Dignitorium. When architect Philip goes missing, his wife Alice risks losing her home and her status, and begins to question the society in which she was raised. Her search for him uncovers some horrifying truths about the fate of her own family and the reality behind the new social order.

©2019 Tünde Farrand (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd

Critic reviews

"A chilling and politically astute dystopia." (Jane Rogers)

More from the same

What listeners say about Wolf Country

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    23
  • 4 Stars
    10
  • 3 Stars
    11
  • 2 Stars
    3
  • 1 Stars
    3
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    26
  • 4 Stars
    14
  • 3 Stars
    5
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    2
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    20
  • 4 Stars
    12
  • 3 Stars
    11
  • 2 Stars
    3
  • 1 Stars
    2

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

A bit slow, but good concept.

The narration was good, the concept was good. Im begrudged giving a bad review as i did enjoy it but found myself disappointed

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Mind Blowing!

This is a brilliant novel and superbly narrated by Amaka Okafor. I'm a fan of dystopia, sci-fi, thrillers and Tunde Farrand's Wolf Country I feel is a classic in this genre.

The story is set in London 2050 where the new social order has eradicated poverty, and citizens, dependent on status, enjoy a comfortable or luxurious lifestyle. However, as the story unfolds through our protagonist Alice we learn more about the dark reality of the 'new system'. Gripping, frightening and thought-provoking as this novel touches on many of the social issues that face us now with terrifying future 'solutions'.

Overall, the novel felt to me very much in the spirit of Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror and Huxley's Brave New World.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars
  • KN
  • 15-03-24

A shocking twist!

A great story overall. It was a little slow to start however quickly became interesting and kept me hooked. A gripping story worth listening to!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

great start, amazing crafting of alternative world

The end was too sudden and too neat. I thought this could have been a 3 book series when I was half way through

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Original story very well written

I liked how it shows the dangers of euthanasia and of capitalism. It was upsetting and comforting all in one. I really enjoyed this tale.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

A nice tale

I liked the dystopian themes and that it wasn’t too dark. It wasn’t mentally taxing and was a bit like binge-watching an enjoyable - but not particularly challenging - series. The wolf theme was a bit underdeveloped but it was all tied up nicely in the end. When I think of this story, the word ‘nice’ seems to sum it up.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Fabulous premise, scary dystopia

I devoured this book right up to the final few chapters and an ending which felt disjointed from the rest of the book and just didn’t work for me. BUT up to that point I was engrossed. As with all great dystopias, the passage to this awful societal system was all too credible. The depressing eye through which old age ‘in the past’ was shown, was a little bit too near to the truth - brilliant. Even if you feel as I do about the ending, the book is definitely worth a read/ listen.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Where we could be headed without state regulation

Taking place in a Totalitarian society based on free market consumerism, the protagonist being someone indoctrinated into it. The end results of totalitarian systems have much in common, it seems. I think it is a thought provoking book. As an avid reader I believe this one will remain with me....

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Great idea, weak ending

A rich, imaginative dystopia and a compelling story that sort of tails of at the end.

Well read and worth a read, but needs a follow up to give it some proper pay off.



Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

disappointing

starts well an interesting view of a near future dystopia.
sometimes very near?
but the ending became rather predictable and the "bad guys" were only bad.
even the monsters don't believe that they're all bad?
so a good start but fell apart halfway through.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!