Questa serie si addentra nel mondo elementale, dove la magia si intreccia con la realtà quotidiana. Ogni raccolta esplora le proprietà uniche e gli esseri mitici associati a diverse forze naturali. Maestri narratori tessono ricche narrazioni piene di meraviglia, mistero e una profonda connessione con il mondo naturale. È una collezione che trasforma gli elementi familiari in una fonte di straordinaria fantasia e avventura.
Six fabulous tales - vividly imagined and powerfully told.A long-told story of the sea people and their song - and a golden eye, glittering in a pool at the edge of a desert .A ferocious serpent, its body as think as the trunk of a huge tree - and the immense, unknowable Kraken, dark beyond black, cold beyond ice, waking on the ocean floor .
"This collection of beautifully crafted tales will find a warm welcome from fans of either author, as well as from fantasy readers in general." - School Library Journal This collection tells five tales of creatures who live and die by fire, tales of the present day and the prehistoric past. There is a confrontation in a haunted graveyard, of the Firespace where only dragons can survive, of a boy who is claimed by Fire, of a young man who chases the fireworm through dark tunnels of dream, and the long history of the Phoenix. With characters and storylines as enigmatic as fire itself, these five enthralling tales by master storytellers Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson are sure to intrigue and delight.