...s is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any... ...ssa Malcohn. All rights reserved. This e-book edition has been prepared by the author for a limited, free-distribution offer to the reading public.... ... a limited, free-distribution offer to the reading public. Author reserves the right to withdraw the offer at any time. Commercial and derivative u... ... and her willingness to share me with the creative urges that often pull me into a closed room. Since 1995 she has done more for me than I could eve... ...anopy teeming with noisy nests. The young calling for food above her melded into a single, insistent voice, a command from the forest itself. She th... ...old no one. She dressed alone. She lifted her rifle off iron hooks hammered into dark-grained wood. Conversation in the next room became a steady bu... ...gh to be Masari feet. The winds howled about him as he dug into snow-filled crevasses, lifting himself to the summit. After days and nights of clin... ... before their eyes as they negotiated handholds and footholds carved into a crevasse. Beside them hung a series of chains and pulleys guided by meta...

...Vol. 1: TripStone hates to kill her gods but she must feed her people. An accomplished hunter in the Masari village of Crossroads, she is charged with the ritual slaying of the sacred Yata. Her comrade Ghost tries to end Masari dependence on Yata meat by performing experiments punishable by death. His jeopardy increa...