Nobody in their right mind wants to travel through this place

All Ferran wants to do is get the cattle to Broniss, get paid, and free his family from the threat of slavery. But an unexpected and terrible enemy takes most of the crew prisoner in the Blight.
Ferran, Winwallom, and Sura, the fierce Mashadian girl none of the boys trust, must free them.
But how will they when the trio is vastly outnumbered, they're days from help, and other things lurk in the woods?