Enter the one true realm of one thousand and fifty shades of grey...How did the world without color come to be?Discover the ancient mystery in this short story that started it all, the prequel to the monumental epic fantasy LORDS OF RAINBOW!"To read Vera Nazarian's Lords of Rainbow is to be immersed in a dream, wandering through a wondrous, shifting landscape where the sun shines silver and the world is rendered in an infinite palette of subtle grays, filled with glimpses of sublime loveliness and glorious color."— Jacqueline Carey, author of KUSHIEL'S DART"...like all of Vera's stories—strange, poignant, and exquisite... her novel about a world without color—strange when what she writes is so colorful."— Marion Zimmer Bradley"But no mere words of mine can convey the experience of reading Lords of Rainbow. Just believe me, and read."— John Grant, Crescent Blues