Branchwater

<p>In the kingdom of Branchwater the humans have peacefully livedalongside their guardians the mantliks for the last seven hundredyears. But that changes one morning when they wake up to find aforeign army encamped outside the castle town.</p><p>What follows is a gripping story of several young friends-human andmantlik-and how they come together to survive. Facing an onslaughtlike no one imagined the two races must stand side-by-side on thewalls of Branchwater bracing themselves for the future.</p><p>As the siege commences with lifted shields and drawn bows thechildren hide deep inside the castle. It is the young Desirae whowanders through the inner halls and down into the basement. What shestumbles on below the castle could mean either salvation forBranchwater or its destructive end.</p>