Arboreal Path

"Vivid. Surprising. A one-of-a-kind fantasy." - Independent Book Review The cost of magic is never cheap. Something Hali's all too familiar with. Renowned as a hero in her country, the populace looks to Hali for protection from a devastating plague. Though her spell cures the affliction, it also takes her unborn son, twisting him and the plague into a monstrous shadow. Hali imprisons the shadow inside a magical tattoo on her arm but can't fully contain its power before it kills her wife, adding