The Winter Tree: Tales of Borschland, Volume 1
David
- In
- 1642,
- the
- great
- explorer
- of
- the
- Dutch
- East
- India
- Company,
- Abel
- Tasman,
- commissions
- two
- of
- his
- most
- trusted
- captains,
- Willem
- van
- Noos
- and
- Henrick
- Lojren
- van
- Borsch,
- to
- investigate
- a
- previously
- unknown
- land
- in
- the
- South
- India
- Ocean,
- whereon
- the
- future
- nation
- of
- Borschland
- will
- be
- located.
- The
- two
- adventurers
- separate
- and
- quest
- along
- separate
- coasts,
- coming
- upon
- two
- sets
- of
- indigenous
- peoples
- who
- tell
- the
- same
- tale:
- a
- tree,
- blooming
- in
- the
- dead
- of
- winter,
- will
- provide
- glorious
- treasure
- when
- found,
- including
- a
- pair
- of
- silver
- skates.
- But
- beware
- that
- which
- guards
- the
- tree,
- say
- the
- natives.
- When
- the
- Dutchmen
- arrive
- at
- the
- tree,
- uniting
- their
- separate
- journeys,
- what
- they
- find
- is
- even
- stranger
- than
- the legend.
