The Beyond has broken. A cataclysmic earthquake has shattered the land and flattened even the Ring of Sacred Volcanoes. Most of the wolf clans are gone, lost in the giant tremor. What the survivors need now is a leader - a wolf to show them the way to a better place.Young Faolan's destiny has arrived. He's been a marked wolf since birth, with a strange, splayed paw andnbsp; an uncanny connection to the bears. There's some-thing about Faolan that inspires certain wolves ... andnbsp; leaves others deeply suspicious. Now, with survival at stake, the remaining wolves must make a choice. Will they trust the silver outsider to lead them to safety? Or will the wolves of the Beyond disappear forever?