Shortlisted for Best First Fantasy from the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts.
She can enter dreams and travel the land, but can she stop a nightmare before it destroys the World?
When Calyx's father banishes her to the dream temple at Aster, it's an answer to her prayers for now she will be trained to watch and speak the dreams of others. But learning the ways of a jarak dreamer is more difficult than she imagined and the world is changing. Time is short.
People everywhere are having the same shared dream and the north is growing cold. While priests scheme and a jealous queen stands in her way Edishu, the gods own nightmare, longs to escape his prison and conquer Calyx through her dreams.
Now one woman stands alone to protect her people from the living death of a dread rule.
"With beautiful images of the gods, their portals and far lands¿ Guttenberg weaves an intriguing story around a surprisingly strong framework of dreams." Locus Magazine
"A world rich with poetry, resonant myth, and sensuously drawn characters... Delightful... A treat." Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, author of The Healer's War