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On the remote island of Neverness, the villagers' lives are entwined with nature: its enchantments, seductions and dangers.There is May, the young fiddler who seeks her musical spi rit; Madden Lightfoot, who flies with red kites; and Verlyn Webbe, born with a wing for an arm. Over the course of a generation, their desires, gossip and heartbreak interweave to create a staggeringly original world, crackling with echoes of ancient folklore. Show more