They divided the food between them when either, or both, got hungry, which wasn’t very often. The howling wind outside and the rising water level below them robbed them of much of their appetite. That and not knowing what was happening to the world outside. To Mangus’s body, more precisely. ...
Its round glowing orb reflected off the surface of the water rushing through the small wadi that wound its way through the countryside. The silence of the night was broken only by crickets chirping their cadences in sporadic communication. A young woman knelt beside the fl...
His saddle horse trailed behind and Charles Moss followed after, but Jenny’s eyes went to the one person who really mattered: Rachel Hill. Tears started in her eyes. It had been so long since Tom warned Rachel to stay away. She’d missed her friend so much, but for both their sakes, they’d avoided...
She felt oddly unsettled, and wondered why. Never before had she had such a feeling, as though her life were about to drastically change in some way—if she had any life left after this night. She knew that things were bound to change anyway, but the feeling persisted that her future had something...
The tall, stately Realtor had shed her elegant image in favor of a faded pair of jeans and an old khaki button-up shirt. A pair of tennis shoes replaced the high heels she’d worn earlier, and a ponytail bobbed from behind her head. It was hard to believe she was the same person. ...
The inside of the tent was lit only by the burning braziers and what little light penetrated from the opening. The planes and shadows on the man’s face masked his youth, making it look as fierce as when he marched into battle. Titus glanced at Andronicus, one eyebrow lifte...
He and his men had settled down into a regular routine on the farm. Each day they went searching for the white bear. It seemed the creature was moving in a more northerly direction, probably heading back to the water from whence it came. Iceland was a very large island so ...