As the human world settles down each evening, nocturnal animals prepare to take back the countryside. Taking readers on four walks through the four seasons, farmer and acclaimed nature writer John Lewis-Stempel reveals a world bursting with life and normally hidden from view. Beyond the cities, it is still possible to see the night sky full of stars and witness a moonbow, an arch of white light in the heavens. It is time for us to leave our lairs, go tramping, and join our fellow creatures of the night.