"Aetheris the beginning of all things. Not the end however. No, that'sanother story. Aether is about possibility. About potential. Aboutmomentum and all the creative impulses that change our world and weourselves are changed by.
Aetheris in all things. It is there after all things are gone. Aether cancreate and destroy. Just as creativity can create and destroy. Aetheris not an element, but rather the essence from where all elementsderive."
Sladethought on this for a long moment. The old man closed the book.
"Canyou tell me more?"
Theold man stared at the table for a long moment.
"I'mafraid I can't for right now. But I will leave this book someplaceyou can find it. And I will be waiting for you when you are ready. Orrather, when you are ready, you will find me."
Withthat, Slade awoke in the chill dark of the orphanage bunk house. Heshivered and clutched his hand around the warm orange stone hangingfrom around his neck. And in the moments before studied and workintruded upon his life, he dreamed.
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Engineer's Empire - Prologues
FantasyHaving a devil of a time deciding which prologue to use. Or if I should perhaps begin each book in the series with a different one? I'm compiling Draft 1 of Book 3 as I start this page. So hopefully there will be something that readers will enjoy he...
