When I was a child, one of my favorite authors was Felix Salten. I really admired some of his work such as Perri, and Bambi. When I got older, I really started to appreciate how he wrote a children's story as allegory for adults. I decided to try my own luck with this kind of story.

The Stranger is a different type of deer that no herd wants or will accept. His troubled background and youth has put him beyond the pale for other herds. Yet, he has managed to survive and thrive, but always alone, and always as an outcast. However, his troubled youth has given him skills and knowledge that allow him to act in ways much different than the rest of the deer around him.  He has wandered from place  to place, never fitting in, until one day he enters a very different forest and finds very  different deer..

This is the second in my series about the Stranger and his life in the forest. In this story, Man has come back to the forest to stay, posing a greater threat to all the creatures in the forest. A decision needs to be may whether the herd can live in the forest or not. That decision will trigger a series of events that will change life in the forest forever, causing life and death decisions to be made in the herd. The Stranger will find himself caught up in these events and his life will be changed forever.