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ENCHANTER'S END GAME




And finally,
for Leigh, my beloved wife,
whose hand and thought have touched every page,
and who has joined me in this making - even as she joins me in all that
I do.





PROLOGUE

Being an account of beginnings-and endings

Excerpts from The Book of Torak~

HEAR ME, YE Angaraks, for I am Torak, Lord of Lords and King of Kings. Bow
before my Name and worship me with prayers and with sacrifices, for I am
your God and I have dominion over all the realms of the Angaraks. And great
shall be my wrath if ye displease me.

I was, before the world was made. I shall be, after the mountains crumble
into sand, the seas dwindle to stagnant pools, and the world shrivels and
is no more. For I was before time and shall be after.

From the timeless reaches of Infinity, I gazed upon the future. And I
beheld that there were two Destinies and that they must rush toward each
other from the endless corridors of Eternity. Each Destiny was Absolute,
and in that final meeting, all that was divided should be made one. In that
instant, all that was, all that is, and all that was yet to be should be
gathered into one Purpose.

#Editor's Note: This version, said to be from the dread Book of Torak, is
one of several circulated among the Nadraks. Since only the high Grolims
were permitted official copies of the work, it is impossible to establish
that this version is authentic, though internal evidence suggests that much
of it may be. A true copy of the complete Book of Torak is believed to be
in the library of King Anheg of Cherek, but this was not available for
comparison.

And because of my Vision, I led my six brothers to join hands to make all
that is, in fulfillment of the needs of the Destinies. Thus we set the moon
and the sun in their courses and we brought forth this world. We covered
the world with forests and grasses and made beasts, fowls, and fishes to
fill the lands and skies and waters which we had made.