the universe of the lunar chronicles holds storiesand secretsthat are wondrous vicious and romantic how did cinder first arrive in new beijing how did the brooding soldier wolf transform from young man to killer when did princess winter and the palace guard jacin realize their destinies with nine storiesfive of which have never before been publishedand an excerpt from marissa meyers novel heartless about the queen of hearts from alice in wonderland stars above is essential for fans of the bestselling and beloved lunar chronicles contentsthe keeper a prequel to the lunar chronicles showing a young scarlet and how princess selene came into the care of michelle benoit glitches in this prequel to cinder we see the results of the plague play out and the emotional toll it takes on cinder something that may or may not be a glitch the queens army in this prequel to scarlet were introduced to the army queen levana is building and one soldier in particular who will do anything to keep from becoming the monster they want him to be carswells guide to being lucky thirteenyearold carswell thorne has big plans involving a rampion spaceship and a noreturn trip out of los angeles after sunshine passes by in this prequel to cress we see how a nineyearold cress ended up alone on a satellite spying on earth for luna the princess and the guard in this prequel to winter we see a young winter and jacin playing a game called the princess and the guard the little android a retelling of hans christian andersens the little mermaid set in the world of the lunar chronicles the mechanic in this prequel to cinder we see kai and cinders first meeting from kais perspective something old something new in this epilogue to winter friends gather for the wedding of the century