Lola Dockhorn

A couple faces a tough choice when their daughter is diagnosed with a fatal heart disease. Staying within the confines of the law may not allow her the best chances, but alternative solutions may be even riskier, not to mention morally dubious.

Skalde lives in a small rural community, far from a world that may no longer exist. She is an interloper in her own home, having been born to an 'outsider' mother and therefore marked by a social stigma she cannot easily erase. Displaying a loyalty to the codes of the community, she has earned the respect of the village elder. However, when she encounters a mysterious girl in the local woods, Skalde risks everything by befriending her, eventually giving the girl a home. She attempts to hide her