"A fortune teller finds an unexpected family on her journeys in this heartwarming and charming
fantasy debut. Tao an immigrant fortune teller lives in a wagon and roams the dusty outskirts
of the kingdom of Eshtera. Fleeing a troubled past she travels between villages telling only
small fortunes: whether it will hail next Thursday what boy will kiss which barmaid when the
cow will calve. Big fortunes come with big consequences...which she wants to avoid at all
costs. Life on the road can be lonely but to Tao's surprise companionship comes unexpectedly.
She encounters Mash and Silt an ex-mercenary and semi-reformed thief the oddball pair endear
themselves to Tao and enlist her in the search for Mash's lost daughter. Next the trio finds
Kina a brilliant baker with a knead for adventure. And finally Fidelitus rounds out their
party a cat smart enough to mark the travelers as ready suppliers of fish. As they journey
together across Eshtera confronting small-minded villagers and philosophizing trolls alike
Tao's unlikely new friends break down her walls and unravel her secrets. Ultimately Tao must
decide what's more important: her hard-won freedom or reuniting a family not her own"--
