And of the hunters who killed them and reclaimed her to human society--as a slave.Tanith has grown up as part of a savage, plundering clan, in a world ruled by brute strength, superstition, and animal cunning. Now, hated and shunned, Tanith flees human society for the more humane company of wolves. But the gentle son of a chief from a neighboring clan beckons her back. He offers Tanith the chance to join once again with her own kind. She must make her final choice of which cry to answer--the wavering, longing bellow of the human or the steady, beating call of the wolf.

    Fourteen-year-old Therese recalls life on her family's farm on the Canadian prairie during the winter of 1906 when the arrival of both blizzards and wolves leads to a terrifying revelation about her beautiful, other-worldly mother.

    Crook retraces the movement of General Santa Anna's Mexican Army in 1836 as it sweeps north to quash the Texas Rebellion, led by Sam Houston. Among Houston's ragtag militia are Dr. Hugh Kenner and his two sons. As the rebel forces make a desperate stand at Goliad, the Kenners and Adelaido and Crucita Pecheco find they have much to teach each other about loyalty and betrayal, sin and retribution.

    Essays from 18 celebrated nature writers of the late-20th century offer a highly partisan introduction to the wolf.