Ao closed his eyes and blanked his mind. Soon, he fell within himself and entered the place before time, the time at the edge of the universe, where millions and millions of assignments like his began and ended.
A luminous presence greeted him, enveloping his energies within its own. It was both a warm and a cold entity, forgiving and harsh. “And how does your cosmos fare, Ao?” The voice was at once both gentle and admonishing.
“They have restored the Balance, Master. The Realms are once again secure.”
About the Author
Troy Denning is the author of The New York Times bestsellers Waterdeep, Star Wars: Star by Star, and Star Wars: Tatooine Ghost, and more than twenty other novels, including Pages of Pain, Dark Sun: The Prism Pentad series, and Dragonwall. He lives in southeastern Wisconsin with his wife, Andria.
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