One night, Urk comes down to earth at about five thousand kilometers an hour. Two kids, Tendo and Monk, find where it crash-lands in the bush -- but what have they found? If Urk is a space wolf, then it's the strangest six-legged one they could ever imagine.
Tendo and Monk have problems, and finding Urk helps. Urk is a friend to be protected -- even when it does start to leave a trail of destruction. Even if Monk's mum might have to marry the local cop. Even when the local heavies start breathing down their necks.
Then comes decision time. Is their new six-leggec friend the most wonderful thinking machine ever?
Or is it the deadiest man-made wolf-monster out of space -- one that can, without warning, destroy them both?

Ken Catran, author of the Deepwater and Solar Colonies science fiction series for young readers and other titles, also writes for film and television.