Prologue

The Prologue»

You hear the news as soon as the announcements hit the city. How could you miss it, when it is all over the internet, the newspapers, on billboards... "The Circus is back," they are saying, "And they are recruiting!" You set aside your laptop, pondering quietly. Maybe you know all there is to know about the Circus, after your parents have told you about it. Maybe you know nothing about it, just what you have read for the past few days. No matter which, you have made up your mind to be a part in the great tale that will be told for ages yet to come. Will you be a part of the Circus, or will you allow yourself to be swept away by the wind of illusions? Decide, so that you will be there when the clock strikes seven, when the chimes softly echo through the tents, when the obsidian gates swing open.