The animals are restless. King Crow is dead and crows flock to the Murder Tree to choose a new king using the Reckoning, an ancient ceremony that no other species has ever seen. All except the Murder must leave the field, or they will be killed, for only crows may witness the sacred ceremony. That isn’t the only danger for young quails Ysil, Cormo, Harlequin, and their friend Gomor the hare. Somebody knows of the Reckoning, and knows of the disorder before the crowning of the new king. And that somebody is ready to strike and take the forest and field, and k