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||this book contains scenes of sexual assault, both shown with minimum detail and implied||

A dark lyrical fantasy set in a visceral world with a fresh horror around every corner.

In a scar through the majestic twin woods belting Mar’s inner Shell, a wicked puppet has discovered shadows not his to claim. They wriggle and writhe in a manner too terrible, too familiar and he sets his sister’s rabid curiosity to the task of finding their source. Source she finds and, fears confirmed, the wicked puppet plans for death. But his sister’s resolve burns brighter than his brooding and she sets out in search of aid as ancient as the threat...