WHAT MAGIC LIES BEHIND COINCIDENCES AND CLOSE CALLS?A desperate wife flipping a coin. A bartender giving advice. A young woman keeping a family tradition amid war. On these moments hinge the future, and...

WHAT SACRIFICE MUST BE MADE BY A SCION OF SUMMER? A sister's life...A prince's love...A dryad's family...A Gardener's future... Set in the season of summer, when the sun warms the land and the fireflies...

OF WHAT DOES A CHILD OF WINTER HOPE? To help others survive the winter. To deliver others from darkness. To save a life and not abandon a brother. Fairies, elves, humans… it matters not the species. All...

HOW CAN AN HEIR OF AUTUMN BE SO BRAVE? The flowers wither and fade away. The leaves change from green to crimson, russet, and gold. The wind turns chill, the taste of winter upon it. And the Heir of Autumn...

WHAT POWERS ARE GIVEN A DAUGHTER OF SPRING? A dryad waking... a fairy learning to sing...a brother and sister spinning in the never-ending dance of seasons. Each story in this collection weaves a tale...