Description

A desperate town A child who emerges from the marshes A hawk that helps her save them all

The child if child it was came out of the wildness It came out of the sparse bleak marsh where few dared go and none came back And though the town grew accustomed to the creature they did not forget from whence it came And they whispered that there was no knowing whether she was sent as a blessing or a bane

When the child emerges from the wilderness no one in the town knows what to do with her She is odd halfwild without speech and seems to have an unnatural bond with animals especially the falcon who is always circling above her The wisewoman of the town takes her in and names her Rhodd but the rest of the town remain suspicious

Over the years as Rhodd grows the town realises that the river which is their connection to the wider world is beginning to die and eventually a dark sickness begins to spread Soon too soon the townspeople turn their suspicion on Rhodd and her falcon

And so Rhodd sets out to discover what or who is causing the river to dry upto protect her mother her falcon and herself

A beautiful and enthralling adventure about love belonging the delicate balance of nature and the wildness within us all for fans of The Last Wild

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