Prologue

Iden has been left in perpetual darkness after his little brother is taken by the things that live in the forest outside town.

Five years on he's left with a heartbreaking scar, an air of mystery from the whispering townspeople and an existential deprecation that never seems to lift from his mind.

He saw what took little Farren but no one believes him. Not until Althea Allard arrives and sets a fire under his feet that he can't put out.