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PREFATORY NOTE

This is the climactic book in the Changewinds saga, which
began with When the Changewinds Blow (Ace, 1987) and
continued with Riders of the Winds (Ace, 1988). Unlike a
series, this is the final part of a single continuous narrative,
and is intended to be read after the first two to create a single
novel in three volumes.

In the second volume, concessions were made to provide a
measure of recap and rationale for those who came in late;

little such is provided in this volume, since it would at this
point take a very long time to explain. If you have not read
the prior volumes, buy this one now, so you'll have it, then
check where you found it and buy the other two. A good,
intelligent, businesslike bookstore or newsstand will have
them; if not, order them or change bookstores. If you found
this at a small newsstand or rack that simply can't have the
space to put everything, buy it here and then drop by the
nearest bookstore for the others, which the nice folks at Ace
have tried to insure will have them.

If you must, be aware that you're going to be thrown
full-blown into the long and involved climax of a major
plot. You might still have a good time, but you'll never
get it all reading just this one. Those of you who have
been reading right along with us will pick it up rather easily --
I've provided enough for you to get back in the groove, I
think. You've been lulled for over two hundred thousand
words into a rather small and private story of two people
caught in another world at just the wrong time, but now
that which has only been hinted at is to be fully seen, the

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nil Sack L. Chalker

questions fully answered, and now the Changewinds will
truly Mow. It is the time for armies and swords and sorcery
and much more, for literally anything might happen when
die Changewinds blow. ...

Jack L. Chalker

PROLOGUE

Seizing Destiny's Threads

She was a short young woman, in no more than her early