✣ Yahí, a young Ranger of the First Enclave, has been given a quest by a dead man: give Oswall Flamestride, King of the Wolf Pack, a message-keeper. To do this, she must cross the war-torn Blessed Lands — through the "welcoming" Southern Cities, cross the Front, travel the inhospitible Northern Towns, make it to the Backwall Mountains, and find Backhold, the Wolf Pack's stronghold.

How is an eight-year-old girl meant to take on a burden so large?

How is she meant to succeed in it?