What is the setting of the book?

The novel takes place on Andrecia, the "third planet of a medium-sized yellow star." Its further location in time and space is not specified, but it is clearly one planet of a universe that includes many inhabited planets in different star systems. The action of the story unfolds within a relatively small area on Andrecia—a forest bordered by a river, some surrounding land which holds a village, and the new colonists' settlement on one edge of the forest.