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<p><i><b>"A song of a lush, convivial world. A gripping vision."</b></i></p> <p>Amalai lives fully in the sensuality of this breathing earth. One day the rustling leaves lead her to a mysterious stranger, to a song of fay...<br> But then a youth is found dead in the forest. Is a demon threatening the town? Already the soldiers start marching, foreboding a return of warlords and violence. But Amalai’s friends will not take it. They will defend the hard-won freedom of convivial life. With force? Or precisely not with force, but with powers enchantingly different?<br> A young rebel and a misplaced prince, a no-nonsense magician and a shimmering dreamer band together to save the town, facing an uncertain truth full of fear and love and the beauty of starlight...<br><br></p> <p><i>"A temptation for fans of Becky Chambers, Ursula K. LeGuin and Studio Ghibli."<br>"A poetic tale of that other world our hearts know is possible."<br><br></i></p> <p>This book is for you if you like:<br> -) the wind whispering in the willows<br> -) non-violent activism<br> -) delicious baths<br> -) transformational justice<br> -) doubtful encounters with the otherworld<br> -) a queer-friendly, sex-positive, diverse setting<br> -) a magic mirror showing new visions of an old world<br><br></p> <p>Other books in this series: <b>The Charms of Freedom</b><br> (German editions: <b>Schatten aus Sternenlicht / Der Zauber der Freiheit - Die Yurvanischen Wandelromane)</b><br> These Yurvanian Transition novels can be read independently, in any order.</p>