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the people from their homeland, knows as Cymrians, are hiding or quiet about their ancestry. It becomes
clear to the three companions that a demon known as a FтАЩdor accompanied the refugees away from the
Island, and is clinging to an unknown host, biding its time and sowing the seeds of destruction.Rhapsody
chronicles the journey of the Three as they cope with the loss of their world and build a new life in this
new land, and the rise of the Firbolg, the demi-human nomads whom they eventually come to make a life
with, and Achmed comes to rule, in the kingdom of Ylorc, the ruins of the Cymrian civilization carved
into forbidding mountains. InProphecy , the discovery of a dragonтАЩs claw in the ancient library of Ylorc
leads Rhapsody to travel overland with Ashe, a man who hides his face, to find the dragon Elynsynos and
return the claw before she destroys the Bolg in revenge. More of the FтАЩdorтАЩs plot is uncovered, though
its identity remains a mystery. Achmed discovers a child of living earth that slumbers endlessly in the ruins
of a colony of Dhracians, tended to by the Grandmother, the only survivor of the colony. He realizes that
the FтАЩdor is seeking this Sleeping Child because her rib, made of Living Stone, would form a key like the
one with which he opened SagiaтАФbut in the demonтАЩs hand would be used to unlock the Vault of the
Underworld and loose the remaining fire demons, who only seek destruction and chaos.Destiny follows
the tale to its conclusion, the unmasking of the demon, the battle that ensues, and the re-formation of the
Cymrian alliance.

The sequels,Requiem andElegy , pick up the story three years later, and show the factors that eventually
led to intercontinental war. With each new book, more of the history is laid bare, more of the secrets
revealed, and more of the tale told in the style of a musical rhapsody.

The novella in this anthology is set in the Third Age, and chronicles the destruction of Serendair, telling
the story of those who remained behind after the exodus.



THRESHOLD



ELIZABETH HAYDON



Two Ages ago, the doomed island of Serendair survived one cataclysm, when the burning star
that came to be known as the Sleeping Child fell from the sky into the sea, taking much of the
coastline, but sparing the middle lands. This time, as the Child that has slept beneath the waves
for centuries signals its awakening, the earth and sea prepare for it to rise, and Gwylliam, the
prescient king of the Island, foresees SerendairтАЩs obliteration in a vision of a second cataclysm.

Nearly everyone has left, the Nain of the northern mountains, the Lirin of the central forests and
plains, and the humans, following their king in three great fleets to rebuild their civilization on
another continent. The unbelieving, the foolish, the stubborn, the resigned, and a few truly
abandoned souls remain, awaiting the end.

By the command of the king, a small detail of guards remains as well, to maintain order and
protect those that stayed behind, and to keep some shred of the kingтАЩs authority intact, just in
case there is no second cataclysm. Condemned as they are, there is no way they could foresee
what can happen when one pauses on the threshold between life and death.