Until the whispers began, Joshua was like all the other village boys, helping
out at the market, making a little money from the tourists, getting up to
mischief.
So what if his father was the only butcher in a village of fishermen, a loner
who preferred to spend his evenings carving wood? Is it true what everyone is
saying — that Joshua’s father is a ‘mountain man’, one of the people feared
and mistrusted by the villagers?
When Joshua’s life takes an unexpected turn, he discovers that being different
does matter. Maybe it’s not enough to be just Joshua?”