Life on the frontier is good for Franz and his older brother Erl. Sure, Erl is annoyingly talented and clever and the neighbors all think he's slightly touched, but he's a good brother just the same. Then one night, Erl tells his brother that he is not who everyone thinks he is, and the greatest evil the world has ever known is coming for him. Then, Erl disappears leaving Franz to face an army of horrors, alone. So begins an adventure that takes Franz from a young man of the wilderness, to a hunted fugitive, to something else he never could have imagined. Along the way, Franz faces ghouls, goblins and magic that can tear apart a land that is unaware of the danger, while always desperately searching for his lost brother. An epic story that spans a continent and years, Tree of Bones looks into the eyes of pure evil and of ordinary people who continue to fight and to hope, even when all seems lost.