"There's a lot of blood and violence but maybe that's the best way to think about what it's like to be true to your nature." Shane 11
Buck recognised the wild brother. He was whining softly and they touched noses. A second wolf old and battle-scarred came forward and sniffed noses with him; he sat down pointed his nose at the moon and broke out in a long wolf howl. Buck too sat down and howled.
Buck a big powerful dog is kidnapped from his California home and sold as a sled dog in the Arctic. In his new environment he must learn quickly how to deal with man's club and dog's fang or he will not be able to survive.
He is transformed by two opposing forces his love for John Thornton who saved his life and the memories that awaken within him of the ways of his ancestors both dogs and wolves. How will Buck survive and not just survive but become a leader of dogs and eventually a leader of wolves?