Torak demands trial by combat and makes an enemy of the Leader's nephew, Hord, whose sister Renn also mistrusts him. They're captured by members of the Raven Clan. Though Torak means to kill the cub, they end up travelling together into a world of adventure (it's fun seeing Torak - ' Tall Tailless' - through the cub's eyes). Anguished, Torak runs from his father's death, to stumble on a starving wolf cub, whose yowls he understands (his clan is the Wolf), and whose eyes are as ' clear as sunlight in springwater'. It's a race against time, but Fa tells Torak that his ' guide' will find him. Torak's father tells him to flee, but also makes him swear to journey to the ' Mountain of the World Spirit', where he must find the means to defeat this evil creature before it slaughters all the clans. Now his father lies bleeding to death beside him. He and his father (who have always lived alone away from the clans) were attacked by ' a huge rampaging menace in bear form', a demon-possessed creature that had stalked them. Torak wakes from a brief sleep into nightmare in the Forest. This is the first in an exciting new series, Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, set in the early days of humankind. A terrifying quest in a world of wolves, tree spirits and Hidden People, a world in which trusting a friend means risking your life.Wolf Brother: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #1 by Michelle Paver He must lead the bear to the mountain of the World Spirit and beg that spirit’s help to overcome it.

With his dying breath, Torak’s father tells his son of his burden. Only one boy can stop it – 12-year-old Torak, who has seen his father murdered by the bear. Until an ambitious and malevolent force conjures a demon: a demon so evil that it can be contained only in the body of a ferocious bear that will slay everything it sees, a demon determined to destroy the world.

They know every tree and herb and they know how to survive in a time of enchantment and powerful magic. Thousands of years ago, the land is one dark forest. The first, bestselling novel in the million-copy-selling CHRONICLES OF ANCIENT DARKNESS series, WOLF BROTHER is a compelling page-turner like no other written by renowned author Michelle Paver.

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