As he dreamt, it seemed he saw a kingdom mighty in expanse, that stretched across the space of the lands to the uttermost end of the world. The king of that place was puissant of will and deed, and greatly was given to the right dividing of justice. Beside the waters of his kingdom he [...]

The Man continued on his way in the land of Aram. Wandering intently across a broad flat plain the colour of the sky, at last he arrived beside a stream where another cast his nets.
‘Do you know me?’ asked the Man, and the other, looking not up from his work, replied in languorous speech, each [...]

Now it so happened that in the land of Aram there lived a man whose name was unknown. From his earliest years he lived in agony, unable to know himself yet acquainted with every other. Even those that he called friends were unable to admit his existence for one reason alone: no description could be [...]

“Is it time?”
Adim leaned back against the hard veins of the tree. “No,” he said slowly, feeling the life pulsing through the tree as he did so. He looked up briefly, into the golden-green eyes of the Watcher. “I don’t think it is.” Silently, the sunlight glowed through the leaves that intertwined over their heads. [...]