Could you battle your best friend if, because of you, she's trying to destroy you?What if it meant protecting your family? Robert is gone for good, the wolves are free, Jazz returns safely from the deadly snakes, and Sarah releases herself to love Tom completely, but all is not well.The intelligent wolves are not allies as hoped. They're intent on creating an empire that threatens the Family's survival. Can they share the grasslands, or will there be war? Something's wrong with Erika-at times Sarah's dearest friend, and at others, her most fearsome enemy. An ominous Glow rises in the Dead Zone that makes Erika crazy. Why has it appeared? Sarah must love and trust her entire Family to have any chance at saving Erika and defeating the deadliest menace the world has ever known.