ON THIS ALTERNATE EARTH…
far across our sheaf of companion worlds in the ever-shifting Pattern of universes, four small realms lie together between high mountain walls and a great sea. In Arlen, Darthen, North Arlen and Steldin, humanity is finding its feet again, centuries after the banishment of an ancient evil.
far across our sheaf of companion worlds in the ever-shifting Pattern of universes, four small realms lie together between high mountain walls and a great sea. In Arlen, Darthen, North Arlen and Steldin, humanity is finding its feet again, centuries after the banishment of an ancient evil.
Here Dragons are real— travelers from an ancient world long lost among the stars—and magic is a commonplace. Here the Goddess Who rules everything is not distant or hidden, but walks the world, part of most people’s lives. And here the matter of who you love, and how, and how many, is between you, Her, and your loved… no one else.
In such a world the impossible can give way unexpectedly to the marvelous. In such a world, a part-time blacksmith, a runaway prince, a rogue Dragon, a wandering swordswoman and an insatiably curious fire elemental can join forces to put the rightful King on his throne, defeat the Goddess’s immortal and malicious Shadow, and (if they’re very lucky) ultimately save a world well worth saving…