Between the time when Sol consumed Terra Prime, and the rise of the Daughters of Gamilon, there was an age undreamed of. And unto this, Captain Smilin’ Jacs Reynard, destined to bear the dilithium crown of The Ateides Imperium upon a troubled brow. It is I, his chronicler, who alone can tell thee of his saga. Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!