The Blood Tree

He knows that magic is killing her, but it's the only thing that can save them.

Verhue and Yinashol are runaway slaves crossing a dangerous and unfamiliar country. Each time the untrained Yinashol uses magic to keep them safe, her power diminishes her soul. As Verhue knows all too well, Yinashol can't continue this way without it killing her.

Traversing the forests, mountains and rivers of the Fractured Scale, they encounter friends and escape from slave hunters, each confrontation calling for the power Yinashol should not use. 

But in a dangerous world where magic is power, can Verhue and Yinashol ever truly be free?

Each world has a beginning, and every world has an end. The story of the beginning of the end of the Fractured Scale begins with this thrilling young adult epic fantasy, The Blood Tree!