The Way of the Wind

Rowan is a young mouse living in The Burrow, a struggling community in a dying meadow. After losing his parents in a flood, he was raised by Alder, the leader of the colony. Now Rowan works as a scavenger, searching for food and supplies as a terrible drought threatens The Burrow with starvation. When he hears that Alder is planning to send a mouse on a journey to the other side of a distant mountain and re-establish a trade connection with another colony, Rowan is faced with a decision that might just change the course of his life forever...