Green Hearts Weep

After clashing with a band of vicious bandits near Whiteridge, hauflin scout Jaron Feldergrass returns home to his village of Fairhollow to find that the raiders bear grudges. Jaron and his off-kilter cousin Beetle join with a company of human soldiers in pursuit of the slavers who have taken his people hostage. The trail leads them across the Cinder Valley to the raucous mining town of Mulstone. There they find the foes they seek, but also threads of a plot that threatens the future of the entire valley. The second book in the series "The Colors of Fate."