There was a time, not long ago, when I thought things like giants, monsters, devils, and reluctant heroes on epic quests to faraway lands were all things of fiction. But then came that dreadful day when everything in my painfully ordinary life was confronted by an extraordinary realization—a realization that changed everything.Who would have thought opening the door to that small study in that modest South Carolina home would crack open a portal and unleash the fury of a forgotten kingdom?Who would have dreamed solving that seemingly innocent riddle would have set in motion a series of events that would forever solve an ageless puzzle about the struggle between good and evil?Who would have believed the things usually confined to the world of children’s book and low budget movies could actually be true? I didn’t—not then.But I do now.