Bone Orchard (Paperback)

R. Vandaal

ISBN 13: 9798233922190

Published by Blur Nation Media, 2026

About this Item

Paperback. Body to soil.Soil to root.Root to fruit.Fruit to the living.Eight thousand years ago, in a small farming valley, the dead are buried beneath the orchard so they may feed the land that feeds the living.It has always been this way.But when the figs of the sacred grove begin turning to dust, a young farmer named Tareh discovers something impossible beneath the trees: bones that do not belong to her people.Strangers were buried there centuries before the village ever existed.Unreturned. Unfinished.As the soil begins to fail and the crops wither, the village must confront a buried past and decide whether the dead of an ancient battle deserve the same rites as their own ancestors.If the land remembers every death placed within it, then the future of the valley may depend on returning the forgotten dead to the earth.Set in the Neolithic world long before written history, Bone Orchard is a quiet historical novella about burial rites, agriculture, and the ancient belief that the dead become part of the land itself.Part archaeology, part myth, the story explores how early humans may have understood death, landscape, and the fragile balance between the living and the soil that sustains them. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bone Orchard (Paperback)
• Publisher: Blur Nation Media
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798233922190
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Body to soil.
Soil to root.
Root to fruit.
Fruit to the living.

Eight thousand years ago, in a small farming valley, the dead are buried beneath the orchard so they may feed the land that feeds the living.

It has always been this way.

But when the figs of the sacred grove begin turning to dust, a young farmer named Tareh discovers something impossible beneath the trees: bones that do not belong to her people.

Strangers were buried there centuries before the village ever existed.

Unreturned. Unfinished.

As the soil begins to fail and the crops wither, the village must confront a buried past and decide whether the dead of an ancient battle deserve the same rites as their own ancestors.

If the land remembers every death placed within it, then the future of the valley may depend on returning the forgotten dead to the earth.

Set in the Neolithic world long before written history, Bone Orchard is a quiet historical novella about burial rites, agriculture, and the ancient belief that the dead become part of the land itself.

Part archaeology, part myth, the story explores how early humans may have understood death, landscape, and the fragile balance between the living and the soil that sustains them.