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As her father said the words, “My daughter, Narine,” she felt her connection to him tighten.

What was he doing?

And then she knew . . .

He was preparing her for their Transition.

She pulled away, trying to break the connection, but he held it together. Her knees buckled in dismay; she wasn’t strong enough. It felt as if she were being held underwater.

No, she thought into her mind-mist. Father, no!

Trust me . . . There is no other way . . . I’m sorry . . .

Narine of Noe should have had her whole life to train to take her father’s place as High Sage. But when a mysterious force falls from the skies, sending the world into elemental chaos, the fate of every living being lands on her shoulders . . . even that of the Eternal Dragon. Without the Dragon to maintain the Balance of All Things, an elaborate plan to save Faweh must be hatched, and Narine is forced to take charge in a world gone mad.

Before the White Forest was born, before the Great World Cry, the story that started it all …