Fifteen-year-old Emerald O'Shea and her mother, Catherine, make a living wrangling their lion, Dhoruba, who's been hired to appear at a rock concert. But when an anti-music group, the Aletheia, send Jack to steal the rock star's guitar, Emerald's true calling is discovered. If she doesn't accept the unwanted gift she's been given, and leave her comfort zone, music and everything on which it depends will disappear. All life. All people. All existence. The entire universe as we know it... "Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything." PLATO WINNER Best Book WABIAD 2017