Publisher's Synopsis
Before the stories - "Transformations" and "More Terrible Than Chains," the events of one chakat family, their relatives and their friends were recounted in a series of stories told by or to Forestwalker, the family historian. These stories became known as the "Forest Tales." In them you will earn about their lives and customs, loves and hates, friends and enemies. Above all, you will find out what it's like for non-human species in a human world. These are the early stories based in the Chakat Universe. From these stories, the greater body of works grew in number and complexity, but it all started here in these tales.
