Introduction: 鈥淒o you know why the flowers never bloom?鈥漈he world has grown dormant. The sun has become a rare sight behind the clouds, the seas are calm, the winds hardly ever blow, and, most alarming of all, the flowers have ceased blooming.In a series of snapshots, some people begin to learn why the world has become this way, while others bear witness to the first signs that nature is about to come roaring back to life......