It's a very delicate Age, where civilization has emerged in response to the world's imbalances. The Linking Book you see here links to an Age called Narayan. But there is still one task ahead of you. and leave the past behind me, once and for all. And as I imagine Yeesha meeting the D'ni, those brave men and women who are building a new life for themselves, I realize I've been given another chance as well.
I have a new daughter, who I hope will someday link to the Age with me. More than a year has gone by since I finished writing Releeshahn. So with my wife, Catherine, supporting me, I put aside that past to write a future. Gazing out across the cavern, I decided to write another Age - one that would help the D'ni survivors begin again, free from the tragedies of their past. Too many people had fallen victim to that hate, to the prejudice and greed from which it sprang.
The once magnificent buildings lay in ruin, a testament to the hatred that had consumed them.