In a place in the universe called Crystal Earth there was a race who talked to the stars. The old people would teach the children from a young age to communicate with the stars, not using words, but with their minds.
One rainy afternoon a girl discovers happens upon a box containing memories that her mother treasured years ago, starting a journey to a very different and not so distant past.
For many years... Julen and Ibai were inseparable. As friends they went to the same classes, played together in the garden, took walks along the beach on summer evenings. Now... Julen is just a teenager who wants to go unnoticed.
María, one of the heroines of this story, learns that her aunt Matilda is coming to live with her family. After adapting to the change this represents for her, she starts to enjoy her aunt's company and peculiar habits.
As winter draws in, Casimiro, an old Cantabrian peasant, finds a fairy named Zamiha in the woods. She is trapped in a snare, unconscious, one of her chestnut-leaf wings broken. He decides to take her back to his cabin to look after her.
Light these pages first with the torch and then read them again again in the dark, and the luminous ink will reveal all the mysterious, magical and surprising illustrations.