the King's lottery has determined that Twilla, young, orphan apprentice of a wisewoman, must marry, for only the wedded can survive the fate awaiting those who enter the primeval forest. altered by a talisman of power, she escapes her unwanted lot-joining a commander's tragically blinded son on a journey from peril to peril. for they are the chosen who must rescue the vanquished of an ancient war of magicks and shape the destiny of a bloody, disputed land.

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