![]() ![]() Willa flees to Dead Hollow, where she is shocked to discover a young Cherokee boy along with many other human children imprisoned. When the human man sees that she’s so gravely hurt, he tries to help-to her shock. ![]() One night, Willa breaks into a homesteader’s cabin and is badly wounded. Instead, Faeran children are forced to speak Eng-lish and drafted into his fearsome army of trained hunter-thieves called jaetters, who must steal from the day-folk, or white homesteaders. Under the rule of the padaran, the old ways of speaking to animals and plants, foraging and caretaking, and using the old language are forbidden. Ruled over by their fearsome leader and god, the padaran, the Faeran are a woodland race who once numbered in the thousands, living on the Smoky Mountain as stewards of the forest. She and her mamaw live in Dead Hollow with hundreds of her dwindling Faeran clan. ![]() The old sourwood trees, the rushing streams and rivers, and the great mountain are home to 12-year-old Willa. ![]()
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