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 kept out of the Valley only by the mysterious powers of the half-witted Giant.

But when Keerwan finds out that a lot of what she's been taught about the Giant is wrong, she's determined to find out the truth.

When she and the Giant are stranded far beyond the Valley, they are forced to rely on each other to survive. But there are more secrets to be learned in the wider Forest, secrets which will change their world – and themselves – forever.