This time, Torak and Renn travel to the tundra north of the Forest to rescue Wolf, who is kidnapped by the Soul Eaters. Soul Eater No.2, Tenris the Seal Mage, is killed. His journey takes him to the islands west of the Forest and introduces us to the Seal Clan, where he meets a Seal Clan boy called Bale.

In it, Torak heads out to find a cure for a plague. But we don't find out that he was a Soul Eater until the end of the next book. Soul Eater No.1, Torak's father the Wolf Mage, is killed. The rest of the book is about Torak's quest (with Wolf and Renn) to hunt down and slay the bear. Torak, surviving without his father for the first time, finds and pretty much adopts an orphaned wolf cub, who he appropriately names Wolf. It begins with Torak's father being killed by an enormous bear-demon. This is set almost entirely in the Forest, and largely serves as an introduction to the characters, the world, and the clan system.There are six books, with the final one released in August 2009: The series takes place over approximately four years. The books follow the three companions as they stop a group of evil Mages (shamans) gone rogue, called Soul Eaters. It is set in northern Europe - most likely Scandinavia - six thousand years ago and widely concerns the hunter-gatherer clans that live in the Forest, but specifically concerns Torak note Not related to the Big Bad in The Belgariad of Wolf Clan, as well as his wolf 'pack-brother' called Wolf and his friend Renn of Raven Clan. A series of books by Britain-dwelling writer Michelle Paver.

Chronicles of ancient darkness