Canopy

See the girl in the trees.

In the lush treetops of the engineered North American forests, a community of climbers fear the cannibals roaming far below and cling to the teachings of their sacred text.

Sixteen-year-old Ostrya is the envy of her friends. She is training to be the canopy's next doctor. If only it didn't feel like such a burden.

But why is the forest so angry?

A cataclysmic storm wracks the canopy, jettisoning hundreds of climbers to early graves on the forest floor.

Those that su...