Summer King Winter Fool Author:Lisa Goldstein The god of summer has fallen in love with the human world and so chosen not to reascend and permit the changing of the seasons. The long winter is upon the world. — Young Valemar, a courtier and poetaster, finds himself mysteriously exiled to a fallen city by the sea. There, in the huge library that still exists from the time of the c... more »ity's greatness, Valmer discovers the secret of his royal birth, and begins an unwilling quest that leads him to magic, love, and the throne.« less