The wolf cub Faolan was born with a crooked paw. The laws of wolf clans are harsh, and the pack will not accept a cripple into its ranks. But the wolf cub, abandoned on the river bank to die, still survived - and even found himself a new mother, a grizzly bear. Now it’s time for him to return to the clan to take the lowest place in it - the place of the devourer. But even in Faolan’s native pack, sorrows, troubles, dangers, and new friends await. Will he be able to prove his right to be a full member of the clan?