Life is growth, the unfolding of potential. For an acorn that potential is becoming a great tree; a caterpillar transforms into a beautiful butterfly. But what is the potential of a human being? In the story Laura and the Ancient Enigma, the first volume of four in the epic-fantasy series The Minstrel's Song, every girl Laura's age is expected to marry and start a family. There are no other options - and no exceptions. But Laura has been trained almost from birth by her grandfather, the music director in King Alaric's palace, to be a musician of extraordinary skill. How can she put her...