SometimesIran,sometimesallIcoulddowaswalk.AllIknewwasthatifthestewardovertookme,I’dnotsurviveforlong....
Crispinisapoorthirteen-year-oldpeasantinmedievalEngland.Accusedofacrimehedidnotcommit,hehasbeendeclareda““wolf’shead,““meaninghemaybekilledonsight,byanyone.Hefleeshistinyvillagewithnothingbuthismother’scrossoflead.
IntheEnglishcountryside,CrispinmeetsamannamedBear,whoforcesCrispintobecomehisservantyetencourageshimtothinkforhimself.ButasCrispin’senemiesdrawevercloser,heispulledrightintothefortressofhisfoes,wherehemustfindawaytosavetheirverylives.
