Life was simple, if not routine, within the riverside village of St. V?ran. Nothing of interest ever happened in or around the peaceful little settlement-- at least not until the day that something actually did happen... Just before sunrise on an early spring morn, Avery Poulin, the son of a farmer; watched in awe as a large burning object fell from the sky. Naturally curious, if not hoping this object was a valuable 'god-stone', a meteor, Avery and...