The impending destruction of a forest triggers a battle between two siblings, and nature and humankind, in a gripping and provocative novel by the author of The Canopy Keepers. As climate disasters wreak havoc, a sister and brother take opposing sides on the fate of the human race. Syrah Carthan wants to save it. A tour guide for the Sequoia National Park, Syrah has an affinity for the millennia-old giants that extends to Rhiza, a subterranean world as ancient as Earth itself. Syrah is the reluctant heir apparent as its Keeper. Her duty is to maintain a balance between nature and humans. But Syrah-s greatest adversary has his duty as well. Romelo, Syrah-s brother, wants humankind to get what it deserves. To protect the forests, he-s already instigated one battle that ended in chaos and death. To reverse the near extinction of the magnificent trees, Romelo-s next move is to conspire with the sequoias themselves. If all goes according to plan, it will leave human beings absolutely breath
