I’m obsessed with Neumeier’s Tuyo series. I had to force myself to stop reading after book #5 so I 

can enjoy that world a little longer. Each book in the series follows a different character in that world, building a more and more cohesive and structured world. 

Tano, being the sixth book, follows a teenager of the Ugaro people (the title’s namesake). We 

meet him first in book 3, Tarashana, and

there we learn that he is a severely abused and neglected child, who ran away from his tribe to escape his father’s clutches.

In this book, Tano is learning to navigate both proper Ugaro customs and to manage his cPTSD and negative learned behaviors. He is an intelligent, kind-hearted person with a strong sense of justice and an inner well of strength, pushing himself to his limits for his loved ones. The story follows up on events from a previous book,

where Tano’s escape also led to the discovery of his tribe’s anomalous practices.

My own opinion is that Tano is one of the strongest books in this series, not least for its realistic treatment of cPTSD in a young person.