"It is like a pattern that repeats across different embroideries. The handwriting of the same author across al

"It is like a pattern that repeats across different embroideries. The handwriting of the same author across all their stories. One word here, another hint there... false visions, references to a mysterious patroness, lover, and mentor... Tragic "coincidences," strangely nonrandom... Peoples and countries were brought to destruction along different roads, but behind them, there always stood the same ominous shadow."