Ex-library edition. Isla's sewrch for her missing brother, Pirie, has brought her to the vast wildlands. The Forest is a treacherous place for a fox cub, but Isla's talented in foxcraft- ancient Arts of cunning known only to her kind. Skilled though she is, Isla's grasp of foxcraft is still new. And she's not alone...a cruel and mysterious fox stalks the forest, with the power to enslave others to his will. In order to survive, Islam must learn to trust in The Rustic wildlands foxes.