Keerwan's people have lived in the Valley for hundreds of years, trapped by a Forest filled with danger and the lethal mind-sucking molleng - creatures held in check only by the mysterious powers of the half-witted Giant. But when the Giant speaks to Keerwan - something the stories said was impossible - she starts to question things in her world. When she and the Giant are kidnapped and stranded far beyond the Valley, they are forced to rely on each other to get home. But there are more secrets to be learned in the wider Forest, secrets which will change their world - and themselves - forever.