Preface, First Pages of Ven Polypheme's Journal, Chapter One through Chapter Three Summary

The Floating Island is a fantastic story of Ven Polypheme's first adventure in the world, where he learns the value of friendship and the meaning of home. It is a story of hope, love, evil, and the power of the past to taint the present as young Ven Polypheme, a Nain, ventures far from home, where he must fight to save those he has come to think of as family.

The Preface explains that the book is a collection of Ven Polypheme's journal writings. Ven was a Nain explorer who wrote two books, comprehensive tales of the magic and people of the world. The Preface explains that although much of the journal was lost, the sections that are missing have been...