Dreams of Verdure

He reached for the stars. The jungle claimed him instead.

Dashin grew up on a harsh desert world, always the youngest, always alone. When the chance for adventure finally came, he signed onto a mining ship to prospect uncharted space. But his search for freedom ends in disaster when he crash-lands on a lush jungle planet and wakes in a treetop village among a people unlike any he has ever known-some of whom wield gifts that defy logic.

He is thrust into a series of ritual trials, deadly ones ...