Book I of The Mountain 8 mountain packs. 8 Alphas. All with one thing on their mind: win The Salvation Trials. ••• Winnie Melbourne was a force to be reckoned with. As Gamma of Red Mountain, where the blood of the fallen run in rivers swam in by the triumphant, she has defeated many friends and foe alike. There is one thing that her fellow pack members have learned from her victories. No one is safe from the wrath of the Shadow Wolf. Not even her Alpha. Once every three years, Red Mountain holds The Salvation Trials, a week-long event of trials and tribulations that will test the strength, both mental and physical, of each wolf that decides to step forward and attempts to win the grand prize: Prime Alpha of the Mountain. The only way to win each test is to concede or die. Only the strongest can prevail. As the first female to enter The Salvation Trials, the odds of her winning are slim to none. Against 42 other wolves, 8 of them Alphas, she's bound to lose. Except nobody's prepared for the Shadow Wolf within. Nobody is prepared for the bloodbath. Not even her mates.