Glass & Claw

Book 2

von Geoffrey Moehl II

238 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

When the Great Oak falls, the sky becomes a predator.For generations, Finn's village has survived beneath the canopy, hidden from hawks and the giants beyond the bluebells. Now the ancient tree is gone. The mushroom homes that once thrived in shade are drying and splitting, the moss is withering, and the hawks have begun to circle.Then the boy returns with a glass jar.He takes both the village elder and Finn's mother. Wounded from his last journey beyond the boundary, Finn should stay behind. His leg is stiff, his people are starving, and the village is one bad decision from collapse. But he has six sun-spans before they consider the rescue team dead and seal the gate behind them.With a worm who reads the soil, a scout who counts every heartbeat, a guard whose loyalty is cracking, and a terrified young stowaway who was never meant to come, Finn leads a desperate rescue into the land of giants. The trail takes them through snake ruts, clipped human lawns, and a house built on a scale no frog was ever meant to survive.But the forest has its own ruler. The predator who knows the way to the boy's house does not offer help freely. To save his mother, Finn must strike a bargain that demands a permanent price, and brings home a debt that divides the village.

The smallest creatures carry the heaviest truths.