A captivating literary reportage from one of Britain's most interesting travel writers. Wolves have not been sighted in northern Italy for a century. But one day a young wolf sets off on a journey from his home country of Slovenia. Tracked by GPS, it covers more than a thousand kilometers across the Alps. The British travel writer Adam Weymouth follows his trail from Slovenia via Austria to Italy and gets into conversation with the Alpine inhabitants along the way. His encounters show that for a long time the wolf was only at home in fairy tales and fables. With his return to the forests of Europe, old fears and new prejudices are fueled and mixed with the moving issues of our time: the change in nature due to climate change, increasing nationalism and the treatment of refugees. Because in the forests that the wolf roams, people seeking protection are also hiding on their way to a better life. Adam Weymouth writes about wolf nature just as subtly as he does about the landscapes and mentalities he encounters on his journey.