PROLOGUE
- Twilight
A young woman sat by a window,
staring out into the deepening twilight. Something played across her memory,
vague images, as if from another lifetime. A giant maze, and the city at its
center. A dwarf who had turned into a faithful friend. A fox in knaves clothing
who rode a cowardly sheepdog. A giant, yet gentle beast. And ... a man. She sat
there as dusk dwindled and the stars came out. Then she sighed, turned from the
window, and walked over to her bed. Down the hall, her brother was asleep, and
her parents were drifting off. Somewhere nearby, a white owl hooted, and took
wing into the dark night sky.