On Bone Island, a poor hunter named Oro pulls a four-year-old girl from a tiger's jaws and brings her home — but the village tyrant Gor wants her gone by sunset. The child, Pip, chatters about falling rocks, poisoned fruit and coming storms, and every warning comes true. Each miracle saves her family, and each miracle makes Gor more afraid of her.
As the Bloodwolf blood wakes inside her, her origin surfaces: she is the last heir of the Bloodwolf chieftain — and the Lizard Clan in the hills has been waiting for one signal to end her. When the Lizard Clan and the Broken Fang Tribe attack, her gift goes silent, the tribe falls, and her parents are taken. Only Gor, the man who wanted her dead, turns back to save them — and pays for it with his life. Pip fuses with the Bloodwolf, defeats the Lizard King, and returns to her mother's arms: "Hug me. I'm tired."
