Enter the Enchanted | Setting

Enter the Enchanted Setting

According to April, "There was magic here [Everworld]. Not magic like, 'Ah, the moonlight was magic.' Magic as in cause and effect didn't always cause or effect. The magic that negates all human knowledge, that invalidates ten thousand years of human learning." Especially disturbing to her are the variations in the effect of gravity in Everworld. "If gravity could come and go, wax and wane, then things could fly when they could not possibly fly." This exemplifies one of April's special contributions to the "Everworld" series. She insists on maintaining a firm grasp of earth-style reality, comparing it to, and highlighting Everworld's unique qualities. Everworld is, as she says, "a place apart, a place not touching reality, isolated."

In Enter the Enchanted, April deals with the sometimes unpleasant realities of being the only Earth girl other than Senna in Everworld. She is relieved to find herself untouched in...
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