Young Torak has a special destiny. He can talk to wolves. And he must defeat the Soul Eaters - or die trying. Very little is known about them. There are seven of them, all of them from different tribes, and each is obsessed with a thirst for power. A year ago, one of them created a demon bear, and it killed Torak's father. And now the sorcerers have sent a disease to the Forest, from which entire camps of people are dying. And Torak decides to secretly leave the Crow tribe that sheltered him, hoping to find a cure for the cursed pestilence in the Heart of the Forest.