Wolf-Speaker

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**Title** **Wolf-Speaker**
Original Simon & Schuster/Atheneum U.S. hardcover of the book featuring the title character.
Author	Tamora Pierce
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	The Immortals
Genre(s)	Fantasy
Publisher	Simon & Schuster/Atheneum
Released	2 May 1994
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	182 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN	ISBN 0-689-31833-2 (first edition, hardback)
Preceded by	Wild Magic
Followed by	Emperor Mage

Wolf-Speaker is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the second in a series of four books, The Immortals.

This book details the journey of Verilidaine Sarrasri as she learns more about her wild magic and her journey to Dunlath to help the wolves, only to find there is a bigger and more dangerous plot afoot.

[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Daine receives a summons from some old friends - the wolf pack from her old village, lead by Brokefang and his mate Frostfur, who are unhappy with the nobles running their territory. In the most wolfish way possible, they ask Daine for help and then disappear back into the night to hunt while Daine discusses this over with her teacher, Numair Salmalin.

Numair agrees to help the wolves, but he decides that he first must visit the nobles in Fief Dunlath to further investigate after they finds the remains of the Seventh Rider Group all dead and burnt.

Numair recognizes a battlemage there at Fief Dunlath who appears to be wooing Lady Yolane. After Daine boldly approaches them about the threat to the wolves and to the area with a warning that if they don't change, things will happen, the nobles all laugh at her. She retires with Numair back to their quarters and stealthily leave in the morning from Fief Dunlath.

Shortly after this, Numair decides to leave back to the city where King Jonathan is and warns him of something afoot in Dunlath. He leaves Daine there to sort out the mess with her friends and tells her not to do anything very nasty.

Daine discovers she has the power to morph into animals after Maura runs away from Fief Dunlath. Shortly afterwards, Rikash the Stormwing appears to be looking for Maura and he makes Daine rethink her theory about all Stormwings being naturally evil. Maura tells Daine about Yolane's plans to become Queen - a deal with Emperor Ozorne of Carthak, whom she will meet in the third book.

With the help of Maura, Tkaa the basilisk, Kitten (Skysong the Dragonet), the unwitting Stormwing Lord Rikash, Alanna the Lioness and Raoul of Goldenlake, Numair and Daine manage to rip the entire plot to pieces.(YAY!!!)