a thrilling story of friendship survival and the need to belongfor two moons torak has hidden a terrible secretand now it is revealed he bears the mark of the souleater and must pay the price cast out from the clans he is alone and on the run cut off from his best friend renn and his beloved packbrother wolfhe flees to the haunted reedbeds of lake axehead where he is hunted by the otter clan taunted by the hidden people and as soulsickness claims him he falls prey to an even greater menace tormented by secrets and broken trust he uncovers a deception that will turn his world upside down