Leo Stormrider has never been good enough. His family mocks him, his village dismisses him, and his gift for speaking with animals barely works at all. But when a plague of parasitic horrors spreads across the realm, the boy everyone called useless may be the only one who can stand against them.
With Shadowshine, a massive Outer Wolf who binds to him as Familiar, Leo unlocks the Call of the Beast—an ancient magic that offers unstoppable strength but threatens to strip away his humanity. Every fight pushes him closer to the edge of becoming the very monster he battles.
If he fails, his world falls. If he succeeds, he may not survive himself.
Can the weakest boy become the legend his realm needs?
