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The villagers\u2019 hunger\u2014both literal and spiritual\u2014spirals into a violent reckoning, echoing centuries of betrayal and desecration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As his home erupts into chaos, Nimi must navigate a landscape where gods shrink from memory, family unravels in front of his eyes, and the line between the human and the mythical dissolves. With the last of a dying people in his care and a forest god no larger than a child\u2019s thumb beating faintly in his pocket, Nimi begins a harrowing journey toward understanding, survival, and an aching rebirth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Dying Giant in the Palm of Your Hand<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is a haunting, lyrical debut\u2014equal parts fable and indictment, myth and memory. 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