Book I: Beginnings Prologue: The Dream I was standing over the cliff near the Palace of the Kor Empire. It was midday and the sun gave off a brightness like never before. But this light was soon replaced by the clouds that moved across the sky. They moved at an unnatural pace. Something was different about this experience. It was abnormal. Then a woman came up to me: my mother, the Queen. She was wearing a red silk veil t...