I looked at my brother, not believing a word he said. A witch turned him and my five other brothers into swans? Impossible. But then again, I had just seen the obvious evidence right in front of my eyes. I had just watched six swans fly through the window, blow each other off and turn into my brothers! I had to do something. "How can I fix it?" I stated, to the surprise of my brothers. "It's too much Soph!" "Tell me." "You can neither talk or laugh for the next six years. You must knit each of us a shirt of starwort. One small sound out of your mouth and it will all be for nothing. Are you sure you want to do that?" "If it means I'll have a family again, then yes." Suddenly, each of my brothers were surrounding me in a massive hug. And then they flew away, leaving me speechless and wondering what in the world Starwort was.

Three school boys are plunged into a horrific new world, a world where danger is everywhere and survival is all that counts, even if it costs them all they are.