Curse of the Dodo's Song

The Curse of the Dodo's SongOn an island veiled in mist and memory, the last dodos do not know fear—until the first ship breaks the horizon. They are creatures of pure trust, living symbols of a balance maintained by a sentient, whispering land known as Mama Zilwa. But the rats that spill from the ship's hold are no ordinary vermin; they are the island's ancient, intelligent immune system, a living curse unleashed upon the intruders. As a desperate sailor, a girl who speaks for the land, and a matriarch of the rat colony forge an impossible alliance, they must wage a war not of muskets, but of myths. They must teach a hungry world a terrible, beautiful lesson: that some treasures are not possessions to be stolen, but songs to be heard, and that the true price of conquest is the harmony of the world itself.