People are marvelous dreamers, and even better dinners...Scholar and vagabond, Griggory Dondrin is a simple man with simple dreams, to wander the world and learn all he can of the celestials' many marvels and creations in his short mortal life. And maybe, just once, cross paths with a dragor - without getting burned to char and eaten, of course.This is a story of what happens when a man's dream comes true, with unexpected, eternal consequences.In this prequel to the Shackled Verities series, join Griggory before he was a knight sworn and vital member of the Knights Corporealis' quest to save the Great Cosmos, and immerse yourself in the realm of Vinnr before the War of Rivening, when dragors still roamed the Howling Weald and the Vigil Star had not yet abandoned her creations...