One Morning, Anders Wakes To Find That His Skin Has Turned Dark, His Reflection A Stranger To Him. At First He Tells Only Oona, An Old Friend, Newly A Lover. Soon, Reports Of Similar Occurrences Surface Across The Land. Some See In The Transformations The Long-dreaded Overturning Of An Established Order, To Be Resisted To A Bitter End. In Many, Like Anders's Father And Oona's Mother, A Sense Of Profound Loss Wars With Profound Love. As The Bond Between Anders And Oona Deepens, Change Takes On A Different Shading: A Chance To See One Another, Face To Face, Anew.