Review of Wen Spencer's Book Wolf Who Rules

This is the second book in the Tinker series, and it picks up right where Tinker left off.  Fair warning there will be spoilers for those who have not read Tinker in this review, since it starts where the previous book leaves off.

Wolf Who Rules jumps right back into the Tinker universe and takes off running.  In the last book Tinker was accidentally married to Windwolf (a cultural misunderstanding that she is ultimately OK with) and turned into an elf(not as OK with).  When Tinker was finished Pittsburgh was stuck on Elfhome due to the resonance she set up between the portal the Oni had forced her to create between Elfhome and Onihida, and the orbital warp gate. Tinker had intentionally built the gate to resonate with the orbital gate to create a distraction.  The resonance ultimately destroyed both gates trapping Pittsburgh on Elfhome.

When the elves ancient enemy the Oni kidnapped his wife Windwolf called his people for help.  Though Tinker freed herself, the help is still needed to deal with the Oni whom the elves thought safely sealed in their own dimension.  As payment for the help of the other elven clans, Windwolf must give up his exclusive title to all of North America on Elfhome, but remains the Viceroy.  The other clans have come and they are there to stay.  Things are made worse by the fact that the treaty between Elfhome and Earth is based on the idea that Pittsburgh goes back to Earth periodically.  With Pittsburgh permanently on  ElfHome the city finds itself unexpectedly subject to elven law.  Tinker and Windwolf must find a way to bring all of their people together as one without the entire city erupting in a civil war that will burn it to the ground.  Oh and they have to save both Elfhome and Earth from the Oni menace.   Did I mention that Tinker cannot sleep and is slowly going mad because of powers awakened by her transformation?

This book has all the twists turns and moments of sheer genius that we got used to in the first book, but now Tinker must learn to play well with others.  In Wolf Who Rules this series continues on and does nothing but get better.

This book is published by Baen can be found at amazon.com as well as Baen's e-book store.