The Song of the Blackthorn Tree

Niles is a gentle giant and an outcast. He has spent years hiding in the Sunland, a land that tolerates but does not welcome him. Born to two warring northern races that both despise him, he was exiled as a child and has spent his life avoiding the bloodshed that follows his kind.

When a storm ravages his adopted village and superstitious whispers turn against him, Niles is forced to leave. Haunted by dreams of his lost sister, sold into slavery years ago, he sets out on a brutal trek north,...