Savio doesn't want to take up arms. To do so seems disrespectful to his now-dead brother. But when the stream that supplies water to his remote village mysteriously dries up, he joins forces with a raven, a squirrel, and his faithful herding dog to find the gifts that will bring the world back into alignment and make the water flow once more. In a new form, Savio finds he has powers that he never had as a human. Can he use them, and the weapon he’s been avoiding, to overcome an evil that threatens his very way of life, or will he die trying?