Zarek never believed in monsters. They were myth, stories told to explain natural phenomena and to scare children. But after a failed assassination attempt that drags Zarek and his sister into a world of gods, monsters, warriors, and magic, Zarek discovers he has a more important role in the fate of the world than he could have ever imagined.

When a knight-in-training sets out on a dragonquest to win the hand of a fair princess, he expects to return in time for a pavilion wedding in the fall. But after fifty years of tracking his quarry across godforsaken hinterlands, he is starting to wonder if he has the stamina to finish the job.

This mystery/thriller short story follows the case of Ann Dawson, a murdered teenager, as a psychologist pieces together the oddities of the town and solves the holes in the case.