In A Turn of Light , veteran science fiction writer Julie E. Czerneda's first venture into fantasy, she introduced readers to Marrowdell, a pastoral valley that is home to a small pioneer settlement of refugees, lush fields of grain, enigmatic house toads--and Jenn Nalynn, the miller's daughter. Jenn Nalynn--turn-born. Though Jenn has always dreamed of venturing beyond this sheltered valley when she came of age, she is soon faced with the grim reality...