A country without a sky. A greedy lord with a golden telescope and a black feather. A sinister secret advisor. A law that abolishes Halloween, birthday parties, and Sundays. A treacherous archmage. A poppy as red as a flame and thousands of pillows designed to deprive the world of its dreams. But dreams do not fade so easily. On the contrary, some little dreams, which you might not even notice, sometimes flare up, flare up like fire, become a whirlwind, become a storm, and turn the world upside down. Once upon a time in Uranoupolis. (...) [Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]