Ghosts in the Yew

Vesteal Series, Book 1

By: Blake Hausladen

Narrated by: Greg Tremblay, Lessa Lamb

The dark forest hid them from their destroyers. The matriarch of the forest wept for a century over their murder. The priests rewrote the songs and rhymes until the world forgot them and the conquerors abandoned their watch. But then it happened that the Zoviyan Empire, bloated by its centuries of glut, sent the last thing it should have into the trees. Ghosts forget nothing, and when the blood of their enemy walked beneath them, they woke, their revenge at hand.

A tale of violent magic, intrigue, and statecraft, this omnibus collection is the story of four who are banished beyond the edge of the map to a land of gnarled forests, ancient magic, and the site of a terrible murder. Their struggles to survive will put them at odds with their families, their nation, and the very powers that shaped the world.

“The Vesteal Series stands alone on the delicious precipice of modern fantasy, unrivaled by all works written or yet to be conceived. It’s not that bad.” (Your favorite author)

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