The Ill Made Mute

This first novel is also the beginning of new series of fantasy adventures. A young woman is given the gift of speech and decides to travel to a distant city in search of a wise woman who can further improve her life. She believes the stories of monsters and evil spirits along the way to be legends, but they turn out to be all too real. Fortunately, a ranger named Thorn stumbles across her at the right time and decides to become her protector, accompanying her until she acheives her goal. But their journey is not to be an easy one.