A faol is a ? ? ? hybrid, not a fox or cat alone. I’ve been reading Hero’s Song awhile and it’s great. A boy’s sister, nessa was suddenly disappeared. The son knows his father would go, if it weren’t for his crippled knee.the father makes the boys old , comfortable trine into a dagger as he sets out to find nessa, gathering friends along the way. However they are being hunted by horrible creatures the whole way, and almost died at an inn, their first encounter with these creatures. My copy was rejected from the library ? and my dad found a book hut selling it.