Wolf's Rite - 20 Years

What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted—by his own soul?

Llewellyn "Wolf" Smith has everything: power, money, and the killer instinct that built his empire. But when his life unravels—divorce, betrayal, and a career on the brink—Wolf is thrust into a remote New Mexico wilderness for a job that becomes a spiritual ambush.

Guided by enigmatic Native mentors, Wolf faces a brutal vision quest that strips away his illusions and forces him to confront the predator within. As courtroom battles and personal reckonings close in, Wolf must choose: return to the man he was—or become the man he was meant to be.

Raw. Lyrical. Transformative. Wolf's Rite is a journey into the heart of darkness—and the light beyond.

 "Llwellyn Smith is angry, arrogant, cynical, contentious, and obnoxious. Before too many pages…you'll be devoutly wishing that something would happen to this central figure of Wolf's Rite. Something does, and it should happen to everybody."

—Jerry Spinelli, author of Star Girl

"Persun tells his story with skill and insight, both Wolf 's inner struggle and his Native American experience."

—M.E. Morris, author of The Sand Crabs

"When Persun writes of man/nature, he writes of us—not to us—and shows us images we can't simply blink away." —Robert Fulton, editor and author

Literary Awards: "Wolf's Rite" was nominated as the fiction book of the year by ForeWord magazine, and won the POW! Book of the Year Award as well as the Star of Washington Award.