From publisher blurb: There are secrets in the Thornwood. Some are older than the beasts who live there. Some are older the world itself. Some have been living among the rocks and trees before there was a world for paradise… or suffering. Before the Black Monk visited. Only one creature knows these secrets. Only one being has memories of the first tree and the last breath of unbridled creation. Only one thing can recall a time before paradise was spoiled by the likes of them.