<B><I>The Inquisitor’s Tale</I></B><B> meets <I>The Book of Boy</I> in this adventurous fantasy inspired by the myth of Romulus and Remus.</B><BR/><BR/>Twelve-year-old Rae is content as the adopted daughter of shepherds, helping with the flock and reveling in the beauty of her family’s hillside farm. But after a frightening encounter with a wolf—to whom she feels a sudden, peculiar connection—Rae realizes there is much more to her past, and her future, than she could have imagined.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, a young girl named Alba goes about her days as an oracle’s apprentice, a duty that confines her to a distant, watery cave. But when she bestows a troubling prophecy on the rising boy-king, her words unintentionally begin a reign of terror, and send Alba on a desperate mission alongside Rae and the wolf.<BR/><BR/>Inspired by Roman mythology, this mysterious and uniquely magical adventure explores the intricate roles of nature and fate in o