“Rain lashed the tiny island, tearing at the earth like a vengeful god determined to rip the outcropping - one amongst a thousand - from the water, and dash it to shards on crags of the Middle Sea. Lightning crisped the air, accompanied moments later by waves of thunder which rocked the isle, vibrating it from one end to the other. A storm to end all storms, a cataclysmic collision of nature’s more volatile elements combined in world-shattering force.”