After the Trojan War, a forest sprouted from the blood of a massacred tribe. Seven hundred years later, a slave girl named Dorica is the only one who may enter the Wood and not suffer its curse. There she cuts saplings for her master to make spears that never miss their mark. When a foreigner arrives at the shop seeking a treasure hidden in the Wood, Dorica decides to find it for herself. But the Wood holds something far more precious than any treasure she could imagine.

"The Wood" is a prequel to the grimdark fantasy series "Three Wells of the Sea."