A girl named Feo and her mother Marina live in Russia and train wolves to be wild. They need to do this because people who have wolves as pets and then get bored with them pass them on to wolf wilders to train them to be wild. The country is run by a general as the Tsar is too interested in his sick son to be bothered with running the country.
Because the wolves that they have wilded start hunting livestock, the general gets angry and orders her to shoot any other wolves that get brought to her. When Feo is out wilding their latest wolf, she meets a young soldier, Ilya, and they become friends.
The general finds out that they are disobeying his orders, makes sure the latest wolf is killed and then attacks their house and her mum is taken to prison. Feo, together with three wolves and Ilya, go on the run. Together they have many adventures, rescue children along the way from the marauding Russian army and attempt to rescue her mum from prison.
The book was exciting as it was so refreshing having wolves helping people. It was also good to learn something about the Russian Tsar, and surprising that he was so useless. The book teaches us that if we all stand together, we can make a difference; even if that means standing up to an army, it is possible.
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