In a world where the Sky and the Earth gave birth to the Sea and the Stars, the youngest Star Cobyn defies his cosmic family on a quest to subdue the Earth and its inhabitants. Exiled to Earth to care for his wayward brother, the eldest of the Star-Fallen becomes entangled in forbidden love with one of the human Earth-Bound, the first one among them to die. Half-mortal and half-star, their son Gwydion wanders the world, grieving the deaths of those he loves while repelling the schemes of his crafty uncle Cobyn. With father and mother both lost to him, he balances forever between light and darkness with nothing but the power of his harp-song to keep him from despair.