'A song of a lush, convivial world. A gripping vision.'
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...
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?
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...
'A temptation for fans of Becky Chambers, Ursula K. LeGuin and Studio Ghibli.'
'A poetic tale of that other world our hearts know is possible.'
This book is for you if you like:
-) the wind whispering in the willows
-) non-violent activism
-) delicious baths
-) transformational justice
-) doubtful encounters with the otherworld
-) a queer-friendly, sex-positive, diverse setting
-) a magic mirror showing new visions of an old world
Other books in this series: The Charms of Freedom
(German editions: Schatten aus Sternenlicht / Der Zauber der Freiheit - Die Yurvanischen Wandelromane)
These Yurvanian Transition novels can be read independently, in any order.
Nicole Lieger has a background in social sciences and extensive experience with NGOs and civil society groups. Her topics - which inspire the Yurvanian Transition novels - include restorative justice, deep ecology, material simplicity, a rich inner life and consistency of means and ends in political action.
In between teaching at university and writing novels, she passionately cultivates everyday practices of living in alignment with a breathing earth and a mind-boggling humanity.
