WolfSong Saga: The Power Of Hopendar

Brand's people are in trouble. In fact it looks as though the world is in trouble.
The Bears, the mortal enemies of Brand's people the Wolfs, are invading and bringing with them the combined might of the Lion, Eagle, Fox, Rhino and Elephant peoples. After Brand meets a Lion princess on the run from the Bear king Grindar his life changes.
The Wolf goddess, Shinla, visits Brand and tells him he must warn his people that the Bears are coming. Soon he and his people are drawn into a world of intrigue and war. The Bear king's appetite for power seems insatiable. So far he and his people have been able to conquer many of the other nations. Will Brand's people be next? Then there is the great horde of Hopendar, the essential metal that houses the mighty power of the gods, the power for people to change to animals, is that what the Grindar is after, and if so why? Could there be something far more sinister in the works?
The drums of war are thundering, hungering for blood. War has come. Will Brand and the Wolf people survive?