Wisdom's Daughter Introductory

In which the Editor recounts the strange arrival of two weather-worn notebooks once owned by the late Horace Holly, their cryptic writing long resisting all understanding until at last an erudite scholar discovers the hidden key to their ancient script. And thus is revealed the curious truth that the manuscript within, though preserved among Holly’s effects, was set down not by his hand but by the mysterious Ayesha herself in a later age, leaving the reader to ponder the tale that is about to unfold.