Both halves of Wolfcub – her wild side, extracted by Assalepson, and her civilised side – are now in the Realm of Chaos, a land ruled by the monstrous wolf Fenrir, and they will have to cooperate to retrieve the severed hand of Tyr, return to their world, and be reunited into a single, whole person. Meanwhile, Aaricia, broken by the news of Thorgal's death, is letting herself be seduced by the very man who arranged for that lie to reach her ...