About the book: year / Taryn is determined: he does not want to be caught by those who live on the other side of his forest refuge. And with the same determination, he is ready to protect the younger children living in this forest. None of them remembers being a child and does not know where all the women went and how society fell apart. But everyone knows that boys have always lived in the forest and every autumn they were hunted by men. Some of the guys believe in a mysterious Lady who protects them, and some believe that men have magic. But Tarin knows better: he has already encountered a man and ran away, stabbing him with a knife. Trying to protect the weak Corey, Taryn falls into a trap. Now he is claimed by the one whom he once wounded. All Taryn wants is to stay in the forest and live as before, but another world awaits him, full of new rules and orders. Will he be able to survive now that he has been taken from the forest??