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He reveals to Torak that at the time of his death, Torak’s father had been engaged in a quest to defeat the Soul Eaters, a gang of renegade mages using evil magic to take over the forest. However, Fin-Kedinn, convinced that Torak should go to the Mountain alive, releases him. Just as they reach the Mountain of the World Spirit, Renn and Torak are captured by Renn’s brother Hord and taken to the camp of the Raven Clan, who have been in pursuit of Torak since his escape. The various members of the Raven Clan have differing interpretations of this prophecy: some believe that it simply means Torak must go to the Mountain of the World Spirit, while others believe he must be sacrificed on the spot, and his blood taken to the Mountain. The prophecy goes on to foretell that the Listener will “offer his heart’s blood” to the World Spirit in order to destroy the demonic bear. The prophecy describes the Listener as someone who “talks with silence”-Torak’s dog whistle-and “fights with air” (the blinding steam).

Fin-Kedinn and Saeunn, the Mage of the Raven Clan, hail Torak as the “Listener” foretold in a clan prophecy. He defeats Hord by tipping a pot of broth onto a fire: the rising steam blinds his opponent.

Torak is offered the chance to prove his innocence by dueling Hord. They take him to Fin-Kedinn, the leader of the Raven Clan, for judgment. Three Raven hunters, Renn, her brother Hord, and Oslak, capture him, accusing Torak of stealing their buck. Torak hunts, killing a roebuck for food, and as a result, comes into conflict with the Raven Clan. Torak fashions a dog whistle, inaudible to humans, which he can use to summon Wolf. Wolf agrees to guide Torak to the Mountain of the World Spirit. Torak communicates with the young wolf, and the two form a pack. Heading north, Torak comes across a wolf cub, orphaned when its pack was drowned by floodwater. Before Fa can explain further, the bear returns, and Torak must flee for his life. On his journey, Fa tells him, Torak will find a “guide,” but he must avoid other people at all costs. There he must ask the World Spirit to help him destroy the bear, otherwise, the bear will kill all life in the forest. some demon from the Otherworld." Fearing he is dying, Fa passes on some final instructions: Torak must journey north to find the Mountain of the World Spirit. Fa has been attacked by an unnaturally ferocious bear, "possessed. As the novel opens, Torak is tending to his badly-injured father, Fa. It follows twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion on their quest to fulfill the dying wish of Torak’s father. The first installment in Paver’s Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series, Wolf Brother is set in the Stone Age. Wolf Brother is a 2004 young adult novel by British writer Michelle Paver.