Far, far away, in a wild land outside the kingdom of Ga'Hoole, a mother wolf is on the run for her life: one of her pups was born with a crooked paw. The laws of wolf clans are harsh - the pack will not tolerate a cripple in its ranks. Now the baby must be left on the banks of an ice-bound river, where inevitable death awaits him. Thus begins the story of the brave Faolan, who forever changed the world of wolves from the land of Far, Far Away...