The astonishing true story of one of the first alpha wolves to roam Yellowstone. Yellowstone National Park was once home to an abundance of wild wolves—but park rangers killed the last of their kind in the 1920s. Decades later, the rangers brought them back, with the first wolves arriving from Canada in 1995. This is the incredible true story of one of those wolves. _x000B_Wolf 8 struggles at first—he is smaller than the others, and often bullied—but soon he bonds with an alpha female whose mate was shot. An unusually young alpha male, barely a teenager in human years, Wolf 8 rises to the occasion, hunting skillfully, and even defending his family from the same wolf who killed his father. McIntyre’s epic book provides an intimate look at the inner life of the iconic wolf—and proves they are worthy of our protection. At once heartbreaking and uplifting, The Rise of Wolf 8 marks an original and bold new trilogy to transform our understanding of wolves forever.