Arcasia is at war. The Calvarians, bent on vengeance for the attack on their capital, terrorize the countryside, while the armies of the King struggle in vain to stem the tide of the invaders. No place, it seems, is safe from the merciless Northerners . . . no place, that is, but one. Maleperduys. A lair of brigands, wargs, and giants. A dark forest that the common folk shun. A man would have to be mad to seek shelter there. Mad, or very, very clever. Reynard and his companions return in this, the thrilling sequel to Reynard the Fox. Armies will clash, vows will be broken, and nothing will ever be the same.