With this debut collection from C. S. E. Cooney, a swan princess hunted on her behalf bones, a broken musician and his silver tube, and a rat called Maurice bring justice to a town under dropped enchantment. A gang of courageous kids confront both a plague-destroyed world and an afterlife infested with clowns but robbed of laughter. In an isle town, the murder of a child unites two lovers, but vengeance will component them. Only human being sacrifice helps you to save a city trapped in glaciers and darkness. Gold spun out of straw has a price, however, not the one you anticipate.