Call of the Wolf Pack

Xiaoyan Zaiqi17K Novel Network

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Word count: 670K words

Summary

Chen Kang, nicknamed Fatty Kang, ran with the underworld in Erhe at fourteen, and later came to H City to collect debts for Wei Lai, the boss of a finance company. On one collection of a five-million loan shark debt, he and his men smash up the place and make off with eight million in cash, and along the way he and his good brother Zhou Ren offend local powers like Gou Guan. Thereafter he gathers sworn brothers with the "Wolf Howl Token" and gradually builds an organization called the "Wolf Pack," expanding with core members Zhang Feng and Black Ghost into school campuses, Sand City, Sin Street, the Yan Tower, and even territory held by the Green Dragon Society. The story unfolds around gang infighting, multi-faction power struggles, and brotherhood, ending as Chen Kang, in the role of Wolf King, absorbs the remnants of the Yan Gang, while Crow and the Demon King are secretly brewing a conspiracy capable of destroying the entire gang.

Editor's review

This is a typical grassroots jianghu power-fantasy novel. It opens with debt collection and smashing up a venue, moves fast, and packs in dense conflict; the gritty brawls with sledgehammers and hunting rifles have a strong street-level flavor, and devices like the "wolf howl command" readily generate a sense of hot-blooded rallying. It suits readers who enjoy gang brotherhood and underdog-rise storylines. Its weaknesses are that the characters are rather flat, force and loyalty are used in a fairly one-note way to resolve conflicts, female characters and romance are largely absent, and the later expansion of factions easily falls into formula. Readers who want fine prose and strict logic will find it hard to adjust.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who like urban gang and underworld brotherhood themes
Male-oriented readers who enjoy underdog rise and violent power fantasies
Readers looking for a fast-paced, conflict-dense completed novel

Not a good fit for

Romance readers who prefer delicate emotions and a female perspective
Readers sensitive to gang violence and profanity, or who value prose

Reading tips

Read the first five chapters of debt collection to see if you can accept the gritty underworld voice and violence
Jot down titles like the "Wolf Howl Token" and the "Thirteen of the Wolf Pack" to keep the expansion of power straight
Watch hidden-thread characters like Crow and the Demon King; the ending conspiracy echoes earlier setups

About the publisher

17K Novel Network

17K Novel Network (17K小说网) is a publishing platform centred on online literature, with 10,912 titles in its catalogue; publicly available information is limited, and its founding background and country or region are not confirmed. Judging from the existing titles, its publishing scope covers common categories such as male-oriented fiction, Eastern fantasy, urban fiction, female-oriented fiction, time-travel and alternate-history stories, and selected fiction, spanning male-oriented cultivation and urban-life themes as well as female-oriented time-travel and quick-transmigration narratives. Representative titles include Deities: Recruiting Earth Players from the Start, Rebirth of the Nine-Tailed Superstar, Quick Transmigration: When a Max-Level Boss Becomes a Toxic Dad, Supreme Pill King, My Beautiful Wife, Chaos Tang, Wind Howling through the Jianghu, and Great Qin: My Inner Thoughts Overheard by the Ancestral Dragon from the Start, most of which unfold with the length and pacing of online serialization. Representative authors include Yang Zhizhi, Yuyi Tingbing, Xuanyuan Lvedan, Zhenyong, Manyu, Wuweijiu, Meng Qingxuan and Tianyan Junran, reflecting a publishing approach built on contracted online authors and organized by genre.

FAQ

Where is Call of the Wolf Pack serialized, and is it complete?

It is serialized on 17K Novel Network; it is complete at about 670,000 words.

Is this a romance or a gang novel?

Though labeled urban romance, it is in essence a gang underworld and brotherhood story.

Who is the protagonist Chen Kang?

A grassroots debt collector who later becomes the Wolf King, head of the Wolf Pack.

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About the author

Xiaoyan Zaiqi Author

Xiaoyan Zaiqi is an online-fiction author about whom little public information is available. What is known is that the author writes in the categories of male-oriented fiction and urban fiction, with one work held in the collection, Wolf Pack Call. Judging from these common categories, the writing tends toward urban themes aimed at male readers, and the title carries a clear sense of action and collectivity, suggesting a story that may revolve around team assembly, crisis response, or confrontation in an urban setting. Because basic details such as dates of birth and death, nationality, and writing career remain unclear, it is difficult to trace a complete creative trajectory or to confirm the number and influence of the author's works. On the basis of the available material, Xiaoyan Zaiqi remains an author with relatively few works, and both style and thematic features still need to be observed further in light of the specific content of Wolf Pack Call. Readers interested in the author and the work may begin with this book to understand its narrative approach and thematic preferences.