THE FIRST FALL

Echo never questioned the monsters in the woods—or the lies that kept her caged.

Raised in isolation by parents who swore death lurked beyond the boundaries of their forest, Echo has accepted her prison as a sanctuary. One night, after a desperate fight to survive leaves her sister clinging to life, her father casts her out on the brink of winter.   

Banished into the very world she fears, Echo's only chance of survival comes from an unlikely witness: Prince Romulus Anastas, heir to the throne her parents taught her to hate. He promises to keep her safe, but as a mysterious blight devours the kingdom’s crops and ancient beasts return from legend, Rom has secret motives of his own. He saw something impossible in those woods that night. Something he can use. 

While fault lines fracture every truth Echo and Rom thought they knew, Echo must seek answers over safety to save herself and everyone she loves.