Ch 1 (Revised 1)

When esteemed aristocrat-turned-whistleblower Nathaniel Reed crosses paths with 17-year-old former insurgent Tal Brooke, the pair are thrown headlong into a desperate struggle to survive in the wild lands of the north while trying to escape the grasp the nation they had previously been on opposite sides of - and Tal may have the perfect solution in the form of an elusive colony known as the Saddlebag Settlement.