Epilogue: The Granite and the Beacon

The Blue Beacon finally concludes with hints of what's ahead.

Epilogue, Part I

Inside a ring of steel was a fire roaring, hot and red and yellow, so bright the moon and stars seemed dimmer. Outside the steel were twelve mammals, all representing different species, summoned to this place by a creature whose summons were obeyed.

The bonfire was on the western face of the Outsider, a lone volcano, just above the timber…