Simple and pure. It is known as God's diamond, by which we should be aware of the infinite variability of scale for the divine perspective.
Every grain is a landscape, a world.
We are fragile. For the human colonists now settling the Amarantin homeworld, this seems of little interest, until they discover that the Amarantin were wiped out for a reason. Although the Hooded One has been defeated, there remain a king and queen, both intent on ruling the known world. The third volume in Drake's Lord of the Isles series. Garric finds himself faced with the burdens of kingship.