| Fiona
(the White Goddess), is Mother Nature, willing to spare mankind, but not
at the expense of all the rest of creation. So a Muse plucks a strand
of her own hair and adds it to the Fates' skein — the single thread upon
which all depends — and, over the Furies' stormy protests, a modern, mortal
hero's journey begins.
As
the Fates would have it, pop star Morgan Newbegin is performing a May-Eve
concert, broadcast live from a ruined abbey somewhere in Britain.
The show draws the usual crowd of hedonistic revellers — and an otherworldly
owl with an uncanny resemblance to Granny May! Well, who better to
speak for the Muses than a musician, especially one with "the world by
the ears?" And so, Morgan finds himself journeying to MORNINGSTONE,
a twilight world of dreams . . . and nightmares.
Fiona
selects Laura Webster, the goddess of love incarnate, to be Morgan's guide,
leading him ever deeper into her web of enchantment, reweaving the ancient
bonds between Man and Nature — until Laura, too, becomes ensnared in her
love-spell!
But
Morgan is an unlikely dreamer, an American, unfamiliar with the ancient
traditions, moving clumsily through the magic realm, unsettled by disturbances
in his perceptions of space and time. And even pleasant dreams must
end. Will Morgan risk his career, his sanity, even his life to remain
true to a dream? With otherworldly harmonies still ringing in your
ears, otherworldly rhythms as close and constant as your heartbeat, and
with MORNINGSTONE'S otherworldly lyrics swirling 'round in your head, what
would you do? |
