Melody of Flame (Wildsong, #2)

by Tricia O'Malley

When faced with the writing on the wall, some people would spend the rest of their lives refusing to read it, as the comfort of the familiar was worth more than the promise of reality. They died that way, too, hugging their carefully crafted stories to themselves, never realizing that had they just turned the page, a whole new world could have been theirs for the taking.