Author: Velvet Davis

As a scribe in Semadon’s orderly society, Ceera Kestlyn fears for her reputation when a shadowy forest summons her through her dreams. Then three men go missing in a remote wood, and she accompanies Dassius Rucien—a member of the Sci-Defense team—to seek counsel from the fickle and dangerous Archaics. She discovers the forest hides a relic: an object that could explain her dreams and thus prove her credibility to Semadon’s leaders. Yet as the forest beckons, it also seems intent on destroying her, for entering the woods could leave her mind as twisted as the trees…