Once again, Swann has combined fact and folk-memory to come up with three-wonderfilled stories of the days when mankind shared the world with other humanoid races. Here are quests and encounters: an Etruscan, a Triton and a dolphin seeking the elusive enchantress Circe; three children of a later era on a Crusade which leads them to the Manor of Roses; and the strange friendship between an Amazon warrior girl and a Myrmidon insect boy. These are new adventures in old worlds, told with the enduring artistry of a modern-day master story teller.