...A wizard built a tower to reach the gods themselves, and every scholar called him fool. He was not offended. Karsus had already taught him that the line between genius and madness is visited by the same god. His tower became larger each year, its walls bending space, its top lost in clouds that should not have been there. Some called it failure. The wizard knew better. Each failed attempt brought him closer to understanding. When Karsus finally appeared to him, it was not in glory but in shared laughter at the beautiful absurdity of a mortal who dared to scale the impossible, and the god loved him for it....