It is nearly perfect, with Polaris visible in its prescribed location, to the right and five times the distance of the line formed between Merak and Dubhe. Polaris will remain in that exact place for the next twenty thousand years, and any sailor watching it will be comforted by seeing it overhea...
'If they're the first in line, the Turks will fall on them immediately.'Urdemalas pulled a face.'That's why they call themselves Knights and take their vows, and when they die, they go to Heaven. Things are less cut and dried for the rest of us, so we must tread carefully.''That's what it says in...
OF MURDERERS AND BOOKS “She has nothing to do with any of this,” said Malatesta. He put his sword and dagger down on the floor, kicking them away from him as Alatriste ordered. He was looking at the woman who was still sitting, bound and gagged, on the chair. “It doesn’t matter,” said the captain...
This makes him uneasy. The first time he picked up the receiver, there was no voice at the other end, only a silence followed by the click of the connection being broken. This time he lets the telephone ring until it goes quiet. He knows it isn’t Mecha Inzunza, because they have agreed to keep th...