Jill, an American high school student living in Tehran, finds herself falling in love with an Iranian rebel just at the time when the shah's repressive treatment of his people is making violent revolution inevitable.
When her mother arranges to host one of the young people coming to Earth from Chela, Daria is both pleased and intrigued by the keen interest shown by the Chelan in her work breeding endangered species.
Bren is fearful of having the girl of his dreams meet his family of witches, but after a school production of Macbeth which is attended by his family who cause startling effects, he realizes a meeting has already taken place.
