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The Starlight of Shadows: Cozy Fantasy with a Utopian Edge (Yurvanian Transition Novels)
A song of a lush, convivial world.
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About The Starlight of Shadows: Cozy Fantasy with a Utopian Edge (Yurvanian Transition Novels)
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 on Yurvania: 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.
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