Prologue, The Castle Summary

THE KINDLY ONES follows Lord Morpheus, the master of dreaming, in his conflict with the Furies, who externalize his internal conflict over having killed his own son. Morpheus has told Lyta Hall that he will someday come for her son Daniel, and when Daniel disappears and she believes him dead, Lyta goes on a quest in the dream world to find her revenge. Daniel, however, is in the Dreaming, rescued by Morpheus' minions. Lyta no longer wants revenge, but the Furies are already set in motion. Morpheus, facing his own guilt, chooses to go with his sister Death, leaving young Daniel the heir to the Dreaming.

In the Prologue, a man has a nightmare of brainless, faceless women gnawing on his entrails and legs. He wakes up in his hotel room and then returns to sleep. The man finds...