An epic adventure which captures the wild beauty of the natural world of wolves, as well as the tainted and complex world of men and, through the inward search of its haunted main character, mingles them together in a tale fraught with terror and tenderness, savagery and serenity. Although the story shifts nimbly between the world of wolves and the world of men, the author also has created a third world-a mythic realm where the two meet on a deeper level-or perhaps one should say "on a higher level"-and that is where the real heart of the story lies.