title: Morpha: A Rain Forest Story (Wilderness Kids)
author:  Michael Tennyson 
description: This is an exciting story with dangerous spiders, good humans, and amusing animal friends...A gift to treasure. -- <i>Sweat</i>
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  Artists and Earthians
  
  The Boy and His Curse
  
  By: Michael P. Mordenga
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
  > A special thank you to Heidi Larsson for the editing, book cover, and vision
  > casting.
  
  Thank you to everyone who supported me on Rocket Hub when this book was just
  in its growing stages.
  
  Thank you to Sarah Beach for editing and being the final touch on the book.
  
  Thank you to Rebecacovers for creating the cover
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > “Through darkest forest trails,  
  > Upon blackest smoke and unholy fire burned,  
  > The demons stand upon redeemed members,  
  > Claiming lives they never earned.”
  
  > \--Lament of The East Massacre
  
  > Prologue : The Darkness that Hides the Chaos
  
  Curio regained consciousness only to be met with confusion. Plumes of smoke
  streamed through the air, masking the sweet forest scent. Ash and debris
  swirled throughout the trees, blinding him from the sights of terror. His eyes
  could barely see the horizon until he registered the uncomfortable numbness on
  his back.
  
  