After fifty-six million years alone, it is finally time to complete The Work he began so long ago, but there is an obstruction; he has no body and nobody to assist him. He has tried everything—failing always and always ignored. Now, a winter plague infects the desert, a plague he cannot stop without aid. Or maybe the solution is right in front of his Nose.
A master does not overlook the tools within reach, no matter how primitive or unimposing; The Work stalls without its tools. His finest tool is a little hognose—a clay hognose called Whirligig. The wild snake's help could change everything. If his training succeeds, they will face the stone behemoths and transmute them one by one.
As an introduction to the Brilliantly Flawed universe, this tale offers a snapshot of the future world of Tellus. It is a side story to the upcoming Silence Gorgers duology.
