Forum:Help finding a novel

The main character was a halfling who was pretty bad-ass, I think he might have been a druid of some kind because I remember him turning into a tree or something like that during the excerpt. A caravan was traveling through some woods. During the night one of the men was dragged off. The halfling tried to track him. Suspicion ran through the camp. Eventually some giant insects showed up I think and attacked them. There was something about some kind of a disease possibly that kinda turned people zombie-like and made these ants or insects freak out and attack.

I don't remember characters or title but I remember really liking what I read. I think I read the excerpt either on the WoC website or possibly Amazon when it was advertised as a new release. I may have been confusing the taking over people's minds zombie-style part, but the rest is right for sure. The halfling at one point jumped into a tree and was able to watch but not be seen.

Any help? This is really frustrating.

thanks!

Is it a forgotten realms novel? it's really hard to find realms books that aren't about humans or elves. --M Helvi&#39;virr 18:41, 19 August 2008 (UTC)