The Iron Tree: Book One of The Crowthistle Chronicles by Cecilia Dart-Thornton Paperback SC Book Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tor Fantasy; Reprint edition (February 7, 2006) Language ‏ : ‎ English Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0765350548 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0765350541 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.23 x 1.22 x 6.72 inches Very Good Condition Jarred is a young boy who has grown up among his mother's peaceful desert people. While Jarred loves his mother, he longs to know the history of his father, a journeyman who left years earlier, promising to return for his wife and infant son. A broken promise but a token left behind--an amulet for Jarred that he has worn always. Some say it brings more than a bit of good luck his way, for no harm has ever befallen the boy. When Jarred comes to manhood, he decides to journey into the world to seek his fortune and perhaps along the way find news of his father. In his travels he will come to a place so unlike his own as to boggle his mind--a place of immense tracts of waterways and marshes, where the very air seems to teem with magic and a people surrounded by creatures fey and not, with enough strange customs and superstitions to make his head swirl. And to the beautiful Lilith, a woman who will haunt his dreams and ultimately steal his heart...who perhaps can provide a key to his heritage. [Group a]