**The forest is a dangerous place, where siren song lures men and women
to their deaths.
**
Deep in the wood lives a witch queen and her eight tree siren daughters.
For centuries, they have harvested souls to feed the heartless tree,
using its power to grow their ever reaching kingdom of ash, birch, and
oak.
Owen Merrick lives at the edge of the forest, mapping the stars for the
king in his father's observatory. For years, he has resisted venturing
over the garden wall, until one day he must enter the woods to find his
missing sister. But one of the witch's tree siren daughters, Seren,
decides to save his life instead of end it. Now, no matter how hard he
tries, he can't stop thinking about her -- the birch-bright hue of her
skin and the way violets bloom in her hair. Every night, he goes into
the wood to meet her, and their love for each other grows.
But when the constellations shift, the stars foretell an inevitable war
between the witch queen and the king. With Seren compelled to fight for
her mother, and Owen forced to join the king's army, they are plunged
into the heart of a conflict that seemingly no one can win and that
might destroy both their kingdoms forever.