Enchantment has always surrounded Meg Raspberry's world. Raised by Faust, the Immortal Sorceress, she longs to reach a power equal to her mentor. Yet on her seventeenth birthday Faust reveals the bleakest truth: Meg has only one year remaining. A hereditary blight means that upon turning eighteen she will age a thousandfold faster than normal and collapse within days.
Faust offers a remedy: Meg must ingest a seed of life. To forge that seed she must gather one thousand tears of delight over twelve months. Though the task terrifies her, Meg sets out to extend her days, encountering countless souls each with their own tales. She remembers the quiet nights of learning spells, the scent of herbs and the echoing chants that shaped her destiny. The revelation shakes her resolve but also ignites a determination to defy fate.
