When Lucas survives the car crash that kills his parents, one memory stays with him—of the wolf that caused the crash. And when he learns that a wild creature is killing livestock in the mountains, he knows it's the wolf, that it's come for him, and that he must face it.
Richard Lambert was born in London. He has had many different jobs, including teaching medieval history at Bristol University. One of his stories was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Short Story Award and another won the Fish Short Story Prize; his poems have been published in the Times Literary Supplement, The Spectator, and The Forward Prize Anthology.