Paver, Michelle

6,000 years in the past, twelve-year-old Torak and his guide, a wolf cub, set out on a dangerous journey to fulfill an oath the boy made to his dying father--to travel to the Mountain of the World Spirit seeking a way to destroy a demon-possessed bear that threatens all the clans.

In the turbulent world of the Mediterranean Bronze Age, Hylas, a lowly twelve-year-old goatherd, thief, and outsider, journeys from the Greek mountains to Crete and Egypt, making allies with animals, battling tyranny, and withstanding the elemental powers of the gods of land and sea.

Torak, having sworn to avenge the killing of one of his closest friends, braves the hidden valleys of the Deep Forest, where the clans have reverted to the savagery of earlier times, and gains insight into why he is the Spirit Walker and the true cost of revenge.

To fulfill his destiny, Torak must defy demons and tokoroths, navigate through the Gorge of the Hidden People, and battle the evil Eagle Owl Mage.

Torak, having sworn to avenge the killing of one of his closest friends, braves the hidden valleys of the Deep Forest, where the clans have reverted to the savagery of earlier times, and gains insight into why he is the Spirit Walker and the true cost of revenge.

Twelve-year-old Tarak and his guide, a wolf cub, set out on a dangerous journey to fulfill an oath the boy made to his dying father--to travel to the Mountain of the World Spirit seeking a way to destroy a demon-possessed bear that threatens all the clans.