When the gray cub-who will be named White Fang-is born, the narrative switches to his point of view. One Eye and most of her cubs die only she and a gray cub survive. One Eye, an older male wolf from her pack, impregnates the she-wolf, and she finds a cave where she can safely give birth. The she-wolf travels with her pack until it disbands, due to wolves dying or leaving to hunt for themselves. Having failed in their latest hunt, the pack is starving. The first two chapters of Part 2 follow the she-wolf, who is the pack’s leader. Henry is rescued and makes it to town to deliver Lord Alfred’s body, but he hears the hungry pack howling in the distance. As wolves encircle them, Henry creates a protective ring of fire between himself and the pack, and the pack retreats. The wolves steadily devour the sled team, until only Henry and one dog remain. The men’s resources quickly dwindle as they battle the elements, hunger, and wolves during their journey.

Part 1 begins with two men, Henry and Bill, traveling with a team of sled dogs through the brutal Yukon territory they are taking a coffin bearing a third man to a remote town for his funeral. Part 2, Chapter 3, and Parts 3-5 follow White Fang, the wolfdog cub born to the she-wolf and the novel’s main protagonist. Part 2, Chapters 1-2, follow a she-wolf who leads a wolf pack. Part 1 follows Henry, a man journeying through the Yukon with a team of sled dogs. It is written in the omniscient third-person past tense and focuses on different protagonists as the story progresses. The story takes place in the Yukon Territory during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. Content warning: The guide contains references to dog fighting, animal cruelty, and anti-Indigenous racism.

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