Walking the tree - Kaaron Warren

An extraordinary island fantasy from the author of Slights.

The island is the world, and the centre of the island is the Tree. When they are 18, each person must leave their home and walk the Tree. Years later, when they return - if they return - they will be changed.

When Lillah embarks on her own journey, however, she never expected to deviate from the sacred path. and enter the Tree.

Kaaron is an award-winning Australian writer of short fiction, and her stories have appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including the British Fantasy Award-winning The Alsiso Project, and the recent Poe and Haunted Legends collections. Other short fiction awards include the Ditmar Award (twice) and the Aurealis Award.

"Like walking from a dream into a mythical land both familiar and delightfully strange. A tale of tolerance and survival, in a fascinating and beautifully realised world."
-Trudi Canavan, author of the Black Magician Trilogy

"Kaaron Warren is a fresh, amazingly talented voice out of Australia. You *must* read her work."
- Ellen Datlow

Praise for "Slights":

"With outstanding control, Warren manipulates Stevie's voice to create a portrait of horror that in no way reads like a first novel."
- Publishers Weekly (Starred) Pick of the Week

"Hugely and genuinely disturbing"
- SciFi Now, reviewing Slights

"Simply gut-wrenching"
- Jon Courtenay Grimwood, SFX

"Powerful stuff. So powerful, in fact, that my throat was hurting with my attempts to keep my emotions under control. I was completely drawn in, totally immersed. I felt ill much of the time."
- Russell Kirkpatrick, bestselling author of "Across the Face of the World"