"In Princess Aster's world, Bunnybirds live in contented isolation, keeping themselves detached from the world in order to practice magic and receive prophetic visions. Nothing is ever wrong, and no one is ever angry. . . even as Aster's people seem to be slowly disappearing. But when her father is next to go, her goal is as definite and unclouded as her heart: she's going to rescue him, no matter what. To find her people, she must leave the Home Tree and travel to the Court of Dragons, the sea flats, the deserts, and finally over the rim of the world itself. She has to untangle what's happpening--even if she only has the exiled bunnybird thief Carlin and the lackadaisical centipede-dog Feet for company. But the further Aster travels from home, the more questions she has: Are the Bunnybirds truly as happy as they say? And if they aren't, can she let go of age-old traditions in order to rescue her friends?"-- Page [4] of cover.