One Tree at a Time

The boy has both arms held out like wings. As he runs, his slim fingers sporadically brush through the softened tips of new spruce, or silently slip across the pale green faces of young birch trees. He is grinning as only a nine-year-old boy can from the thrill of being in the woods alone for the first time.

All his previous ventures into the forest have been in the company of the old woman. She has shown him the way, leading, teaching him about the intricacies and secrets of this wooded world in the heart of Maine.

The destruction of this magical place sets the orphan on the path of revenge, as his love of the land and its rich resources drives him to set things right.