Table of contents : Prologue -- Wolf interpreter -- Wolves arrive in Yellowstone -- My first wolf sighting -- The little wolf and the big grizzly bear -- The Rose Creek and Crystal Creek pens -- The Rose Creek wolves get a new alpha male -- The arrival of the druids -- A new pack is formed -- Getting to know 8's family -- The battle of Slough Creek -- The games pups play -- Den troubles for the Rose Creek wolves -- Druid and Leopold pups -- Romeo and Juliet in Yellowstone -- When 21 met 42 -- A new era for the druids -- The character of a wolf -- The Chief Joseph pack -- Family life with the druids -- The spring of 1999 -- Life at the druid den -- Moving on to the rendezvous site -- The stubborn pup -- The druid yearling comes into his own -- My first Yellowstone winter -- December in Yellowstone -- The battle of Specimen Ridge -- Epilogue: Nemesis -- Afterword / by Douglas W. Smith.