Since adulthood comes soon in this kind of society; he has a chance encounter with a man known only as ‘the magician.’ I’ll say more about him later. This is one of those encounters that some call fate, and that the more cynical among us call ‘mere coincidence.’ In any event, Dan learns that the magician, so-called because he works a stage show in a seedy tavern called The Green Hyena, is actually a member of a loosely knit organization that calls itself ‘The Resistance.’ The members of this...