Prologue

“Words are our treasures.” “I know. They are sacred and powerful-” “No. You don’t understand yet, youngling. They are also our biggest fear, our most horrible nightmare. Our most dangerous weapon.”

A future, thought not our own, a future of another world. Where words and languages are their treasures, their secrets and their joys. Where words are their tools and their weapons. One wrong word could end your life, or a right one could bring you eternal youth or treasures beyond your wildest dreams.

Words are the most dangerous things to wield, your most sacred treasure and your worst nightmare in one.