Star-Blind Heavens

From the windswept peak of Mount Qasioun, Zurgak—a once-brilliant Royal Astronomer stripped of his titles and dignity—watches in horror as the Source Star of the Al-Nahr constellation begins to bleed black. In Damascus below, the sacred Barada River, once thought to be liquid starlight given form, turns into an oozing sludge of poison.The ancient Veil of Jinn, the only barrier protecting the morta...