As White as Snow

As White as Snow is the first and only book of the discontinued series Cowards of Wolfu by Bertu Boolagasqui. It features Russ and his Clan on their quest to find a new home.

Blurb
Russ’s Clan have a great life. They have plenty of prey, few enemies, and everything they want—

Until winter arrives. An evil Clan raids their territory and steal their prey. The Clan knows they must find a new home… but where?

After a dream from Iceclaw, the animals know to go west. But before they reach their destination, they must go across the dangerous land of Vortex...

Plot
The book starts off with Russ and Spot training Lucky. Russ complains that being a mentor is hard, especially for him. He then asks his daughter if she can name three things about the country of Wolfu. Lucky responds eagerly and is praised by her parents, when suddenly, they are interrupted by Foxy, Winter, Fuzzy and Thunder rushing through the camp entrance with a deer in their jaws, faces grim.

Russ asks the four animals what happened, then gasps when he sees the wound on Thunder's side. Immediately, Iceclaw offers to get herbs, but Thunder reassures him that it looks worse than it actually is. However, after Russ sniffs the wound and remarks that it's deep, he finally lets Iceclaw get him some dandelion leaves. When the white cat returns and applies a poultice onto Thunder's injury, he tells the Clan the truth—some mysterious animals had invaded the territory, and they'd been attacked.

The Clan is visibly horrified at the bad news. Spot asks Thunder if he recognized the invading animals, but he answers no. She then asks Russ what they should do, when suddenly Iceclaw has a idea.

While Lily, Iceclaw, and Foxy work on Iceclaw's plan—a tracking device, Spot pads to her den and falls asleep. Immediately she dreams that she is in a "strange sewer thing", while a fox stands in front of a bright blue screen, his paws working furiously over buttons. Then, suddenly, another fox enters the room, proclaiming that they'll be strongest on December 20th, at sunrise, then they'll destroy the world and make it theirs. The seconds fox asks, "But Master, where exactly?", which angers the Master Fox. He presses a red button on the screen, which makes the first fox disappear. The Master Fox snickers, at which point Spot startles awake.

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