The story of the giant stone man who carries a city upon his back, and who wanders the earth in search of a home. The first part (The Walking City) tells the intertwining tales of the citizens of the city over a 365 year period, the second (Dragonfly) reveals the true
story of the origins of the unusual writer of these fables, and the third (Nectar) brings together the ancient past of the earth and the future of distant planets in a cataclysmic conclusion. (illustrated throughout)