After losing his pack, a wolfdog must find new friends to survive. Throughout the story he chooses between two groups, one more ragtag and seemingly weak, and another which has more power and less freedom. An intriguing class of characters includes a Golden Lion, a Water Spouter, and a Dust Dragon. There's magic loose in the land too, as the wolfdog's shape can change. An array of paradoxes arises, and your boundaries of empathy are stretched...