Steal. Escape. Hide. Thievery is the only way for a jackfox to survive against hunters like the savage lyeenas, the ravenous saber-tooth grizzlies, and–worst of all–the cruel knucklebucks. At least, that’s what Niemi had always been taught. But when a daring mission draws her away from the safety of home, she learns that the world may be more nuanced than she’d once believed. Perhaps even knucklebucks may be capable of compassion. Then the knucklebucks attack. They ravage her village and enslave the survivors. Now orphaned and lost, Niemi sets off to rescue her friends. Along her journey, she’s joined by a lyeena warrior named Hm’gur, who has also suffered the loss of his home and people to the knucklebucks. But he has a plan for revenge. The streets of Rehkram, the capital city of the knucklebucks, will also run red. Niemi initially agrees to assist him, but as she uncovers the harrowing history of the knucklebucks, she begins to grapple with the motivation behind their horrible massacres. And Niemi will face a choice that will seal the fate of thousands: embrace the cycle of bloodshed...or risk everything to break it. Animal adventure–like Redwall or the Guardians of Ga’Hoole–meets the bizarre but grounded fantasy of speculative zoology in The Fruit of the Jackfox.