About this ebook
When a simple infiltration mission spirals into a confrontation with a swarm of venomous snakes, Huha discovers that Rice can do more than charm rabbits and herd goats. The tiny creature can command. Snakes part like waves before them. A sea of deadly painted bees becomes prey to summoned birds. Even the seven-color toads—source of the poison that shattered their family—bow to Rice's will.
But the jungle is only the beginning. Beneath an abandoned well, a hidden chamber waits. And within it, the first thread of a mystery that has haunted Wear Ye Ye for years: the truth about his father, his lost brothers, and the man called Mr. Justice.
As they descend into the darkness, they find more than answers. They find an underground sanctuary, a network of ancient traps, and two guardians who serve a master they have never seen. Now, with Rice as their unlikely ally, Huha and Wear Ye Ye must navigate a labyrinth of secrets—and discover that the greatest dangers are not the creatures above ground, but the truths buried beneath.
For readers who crave stories of impossible journeys, unlikely companions, and the quiet magic of bonds that transcend understanding—this is a novel about the lengths we go to find the ones we love, and the unexpected allies we find along the way.
About the author
DAVID FREEMAN writes stories where the boundaries between human and wild blur, where the natural world is not a backdrop but a character—and where the smallest creatures can change everything.
A lifelong naturalist and student of animal behavior, Freeman brings an unusual perspective to his fiction. He spent years working in wildlife conservation, tracking predators, studying social structures in animal communities, and learning to see the world through eyes that are not human. That experience shapes every page of his work: the understanding that intelligence takes many forms, that the wild is not chaos but a system of profound order, and that the most unlikely allies often appear when we need them most.
Born in the Pacific Northwest and shaped by years of living in remote landscapes, Freeman developed a deep appreciation for the resilience of creatures that survive at the edges of human expansion. He believes that the most compelling stories are not about the powerful, but about the bonds that form in the margins—between species, between strangers, between those who have no reason to trust and yet choose to.
