Astray

The Wind at Dawn is a novel with eight chapters, each based on a couplet from the original art song by Elgar. The story follows Gale, who reunites with a young woman named Dawn in the Old Port of Montreal and makes a sunrise oath with her. He meets a new group of friends at the café where he works, including Selene, a Chinese-German curator, and Charlotte, a doctor. He also reconnects with his ex-girlfriend Tara. As he becomes increasingly obsessed with finding Dawn, his relationships with Selene and Charlotte become strained. Selene reveals that she is a witch and curses him to be bound to his greatest lie. After discovering that Dawn is not real, Gale falls into a depression and tries to drown himself. He makes amends with his friends and meets the real Dawn again, who promises to tell him her name when he is discharged from the hospital on New Year's Day.