Kellory the Warlock

OPENING QUOTATION

OPENING QUOTATIONZao, Olymbris, Thoorana, Zephrondus, and Great Gulzund;

These five worlds circle the star Kylix in the Unicorn.

Now it is of Zephrondus that I would speak.

No eye but mine has looked upon her many-colored moons,

Her feather-trees, her vast and endless plains,

But I have voyaged thither in my dreams,

And from that far voyaging I bring this tale to you…

—Song of Worlds,

from The Chronicles of Kylix, The First Book.

PART 1DARK PALACE OF THE FLAME