The slave boy Skinker wants just three things in life: a bed of his own, enough to eat, and a master who doesn’t beat him. Unfortunately, he belongs to Thorgrim, the cruelest landowner in Ravenheim Wood. But Skinker’s always been too terrified to run away—until the night the notorious ranger Kjartan Torncloak turns up half-dead on the doorstep, and Skinker is forced to choose between his hated master and the handsome outlaw.But something more than mortal is hunting Kjartan Torncloak. Before Skinker knows it, he’s on the run from an undead horror with all the knowledge—and all the hatred—of a thousand men. His only hope of survival lies alongside a ranger with a tough attitude, a boatload of dark secrets, and the world’s worst case of bad luck. And the most confusing part is that Skinker seems to be falling in love with him anyway...Set in a Norse-inspired world of adventure, illusion, and intense male love, Rangers is Nate Tanner’s unforgettable novel of M/M romantic fantasy. (Contains explicit sex and violence.)