Given (Vol. 1) Format:Paperback These gatherings of friends and

These gatherings of friends and strangers helped set the stage for the Annual Reminder

contrary to all science and common sense

Now he is sent by Queen Elizabeth's secret service to the court of Emperor Rudolf II in Prague

who long for the feeling of home in another's heart

and a message-in-a-paper-bottle to all of the other dreamers in the world who may find themselves

Given (Vol. 1) Format:Paperback These gatherings of friends andSometimes a song can save your life. Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music and to one another always brings them back together again. Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all with school, with his