For generations, the elders of Thon have forbidden travel to the river's edge. But for Cade and Sebastian, a pair of intrepid orphans, the mystique of the river and the strange pillar of smoke visible on the distant horizon are far too alluring.
Venturing into the enchanted forest, they soon discover a peculiar creature bearing troubling scars of a sinister place far beyond the river.
When the butcher, Deacon, and his dark adherents come to...