"The traveling Medici Bros. circus is made up of a ragtag group. There's Miss Atlantis, the resident mermaid, who is trying to find her voice. And Rongo, a strongman juggling more duties than he can keep track of. There's also a brokenhearted family in need of some healing: Holt -- a former Stallion Star and war veteran; his daughter, Milly -- a budding scientist with little interest in taking up the family act; and her little brother Joe -- a clumsy kid who longs to be in the ring. But everything changes for the circus when a little elephant with a unique talent comes onto the scene. And when the Medici Bros. Circus joins with V.A. Vandevere's elaborate Dreamland, they're all thrown into a new world -- one that might not be as ideal as it appears ..."--Back cover