The Ill-Made Mute (The Bitterbynde, Book 1) Author: Cecilia Dart-Thornton
	Book Information Publisher: Aspect Book Type: Paperback Rating: 13 ISBN-13: 9780446610803 - ISBN-10: 0446610801 Publication Date: 4/1/2002 Pages: 576

In a world where creatures of legend haunt the lands of men, and to be caught outside after dark means almost certain death, the inhabitants of Isse Tower are amazed when a mute, starving youth is discovered outside their gates. With no recollection of either name or past, the foundling eventually discovers that the only hope of happiness lies with a wise woman who dwells near distant Caermelor. To get there, the youth – who has been given the name “Imrhien” - must survive a wilderness of endless danger. Lost and pursued by unhuman wights, Imrhien is saved by Thorn, a warrior-ranger of the elite Dainnan brotherhood. They journey on, but for reasons unknown, a dark force is summoning the Unseelie, and malignant hordes amass in the night.