Foxcraft

**Foxcraft** is a series written by Inbali Iserles. The main protagonist of the series is Isla.

## Book descriptions

### *The Taken*

*Isla and her brother, Pirie, are two young foxes living just outside the lands of the furless—humans. The life of a fox is filled with dangers, but Isla has begun to learn mysterious skills meant to help her survive.*

*Then the unthinkable happens. Returning to her den, Isla finds it set ablaze and surrounded by strange foxes, and her family is nowhere in sight. Forced to flee, she escapes into the cold, gray world of the furless.*

*Now Isla must navigate this bewildering and deadly terrain, all while being hunted by a ruthless enemy. In order to survive, she will need to master the ancient arts of her kind—magical gifts of cunning known only to foxes.*

### *The Elders*

*Isla's search for her missing brother, Pirie, has brought her to the vast Wildlands. The forest is a treacherous place for a fox cub, but Isla is talented in foxcraft -- ancient arts of cunning known only to her kind.*

*Skilled though she is, Isla's grasp of foxcraft is still new. And she's not alone... A cruel and mysterious fox stalks the forest, with the power to enslave others to his will. In order to survive, Isla must learn to trust in the rustic Wildlands foxes.*

*But there are tales of others -- a council of Elders who are masters of foxcraft, and who warily guard its most potent secrets. If Isla wishes to master her gifts and find her brother, then the Elders may be her only hope. It's truly an amazing adventure.*

### *The Mage*

*Isla has arrived at the frigid Snowlands to find her lost brother, Pirie. The tundra is a harsh place -- and the wolves who live within its icy kingdoms are harsher still -- but Isla's flair for the mysterious arts of foxcraft has grown tremendously.The young fox is on a mission of grave importance. A cruel and powerful fox known as the Mage is using his own mastery of foxcraft to summon an ancient threat. If he succeeds, then more than just Pirie's life will be at stake.But Isla discovers the once-proud wolves are broken and wary. Their king is weak, struck by a peculiar madness, and a rival kingdom threatens their borders. If Isla can't find help amongst the wolves, then the whole world will burn.*

## Plot

### *The Elders*

##### *This information is copied from the Foxcraft Wiki*

Isla hears a fox crying for help. At first she tries to shake it off, but she cannot shut him out. Isla follows the voice to a hidden stream, where a fox is trapped. The fox tells her that he was running from dog when he fell into the stream. She helps him out by releasing his paw from a stone, but she cannot see the fox anymore. Thinking he drowned, she has a memory of her and Pirie. As it turns out, he did not drown. The fox is gray furred and called Haiki. The dogs that chased Haiki surround them, but Haiki tricks them into thinking there are rabbits. The dogs run off to find rabbits, and Isla and Haiki run.

*More coming soon!*

### *The Mage*

##### *This information is copied from the Foxcraft Wiki*

Isla finds herself in the Snowlands after a narrow escape from the Taken, an army a dark mysterious fox has raised to do his will. Taking a few steps inland, she is captured by wolves.

The wolves are about to "teach her a lesson" when she asks to see Farraclaw, a wolf she freed from the Beast Dens back in the Graylands, who also happen to be their leader. Surprised, they take her to see him.

When they reach their territory, everyone is surprised when Farraclaw actually shows recognition of Isla. He welcomes her with open arms (paws I guess) and vows to do anything to help her. Isla gets introduced to the whole pack and also has chances to flaunt her foxcraft.

Getting back on task, Farraclaw and another wolf named Lop accompany Isla on her way to find her brother. After trespassing on enemy territory, they find Métis, the legendary Black Fox, instead of Pirie. Isla then realises that the Elders had used her to find the long missing Black Fox and lied to her about her brother Pirie.

While preparing to leave, they overhear an enemy patrol talking of plans to overthrow Farraclaw's pack, mentioning a "helpful defector". They all leave immediatly in hope of saving the pack.

Once there, they realise they are too late and that the King must fight. (When one pack leader challenges the other, they will fight and the winner will get the loser's territory. If the leader refuses or is too weak to fight, it is seen as submission to the other pack leader. In this case, Farraclaw's father, king Birronclaw, was sick)

Métis saves the day using foxcraft and Isla prepares to leave with him.

Back in the Wildlands, the Elders, Siffrin, Tao and Simmi have gathered and are waiting on Isla's return to sort out the Mage. They manage to locate the Mage and free all the Taken before defeating the Mage once and for all. Pirie was found alongside others who have been used by the Mage. Métis dies and Isla becomes the Black Fox.

## Books

Foxcraft #1: The TakenFoxcraft #2: The EldersFoxcraft #3: The Mage
## Characters

* Brin
* Canista
* Cattisclaw
* Dexa
* Flint (Foxcraft)
* Haiki
* Hessaclaw
* Isla
* Isla's Fa
* Isla's Greatma
* Isla's Ma
* Jana
* Karka
* Karo
* Keeveny
* King Birronclaw
* King Farraclaw Valiant-Jowl
* Koch
* Kolo
* Liro
* Lop
* Mika
* Mips
* Mirra
* Mox
* Métis
* Rupus
* Shaya
* Siffrin
* Simmi
* Tao
* The White Fox