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To reach the Distant Blue, their new home, gifted wolf Faolan guides his ragtag pack across an ice bridge, but Heep, a megalomaniac wolf set on revenge, follows them to kill his former mate Caila. The combination of portentous spirituality with strained attempts at humor creates an uneven tone, but the rising plot and well-evoked arctic landscape help form a coherent whole.