Sometimes a random event from someone’s past can completely change your life…
Asta is looking for her brother, who disappeared fifteen years ago. Having already given up hope of finding him in her hometown of Rittershaim, she accidentally stumbles upon the city of Arnelm—one that isn’t on the map. Here, houses float in the air, and the river talks to people, if only they’re willing to listen.
An unexpected encounter with the people of Arnelm—scholar Theo, his grandson Lin, and the blacksmith Sven—opens up a path for Asta beyond the boundaries of the familiar world. There, she must find answers to her questions and learn a great deal new. For example: what are the floating houses made of? Why do foxes have wings? And why do her new friends sometimes behave in the most strange ways? Finally—who will return the Heart River, stolen many years ago?…