An introdution so to speak.   Something written on the back cover perhaps.

           The Chaos War is over. The gods have agreed to recede from the mortal world to save it from Chaos. Twenty years have past, and although it may only be a blink of an eye for a goddess, Takhisis and her ambition are festering in the abyss. But her boring exile is soon broken when she finds a lone red mage wandering her abyss. In curiosity, she watches the world of Kyrnn spiral down a path that will ultimately change the past, change the future, and put Takhisis in an unrivaled seat of power over all the world.