Beware, beware the Child, who has no need of tales.
She'll turn your hand and smile, the wild thing unveiled.
Gwenna was born the Child of Prophecy, a plague of coercion and telepathy to be unleashed upon the world. But this fate was thwarted long ago. She was sent away, under the care of an elderly scholar named Michael, to grow up in isolation in the Sacred Wood - far from anyone she might hurt with her heinous abilities.
Gwen has known only happiness in the Wood, content to run wild forever beneath the ancient, gnarled trees. But when a band of travelers are ambushed by thieves, Gwen and Michael are caught in the fray. On that dark night, Gwen's isolation comes to an abrupt and violent end.
Injured and afraid, Gwen must rely on a group of emissaries traveling north to the capital. But their enigmatic leader, John, seems to already know her. And with every step she takes away from her beloved Wood, Gwen grows more certain that there is more to her history - and her prophecy - than Michael ever told her.
No more lies. No more decisions made for her. Gwen is the Child of Prophecy, and the time has come to take control of her own story.
