The Irvarian King was lying on the battlefield. Red and Stella were already at his side. Cassiel, Meara, Baftel, and Arlen were standing nearby with a large group of Irvarian soldiers. The King looked up at Eben and smiled. He was struggling to keep his eyes open; his complexion had become deathl...
His head was bandaged, and he could feel his leg still hurt, but the pain had lost most of its sharpness. His body was covered in grazes and bruises, but he had been cleaned and washed. He thought back over the night before and the ill-fated meeting and wondered if any of the others had survived ...
Ivan was standing beside him. He felt the blood returning to his hands. ‘We are five hours from Bodach Delta,’ said Ivan. ‘How is the Out Drifter performing?’ he asked in a sleepy voice. ‘The ship is fully operational. Ethan has identified a minor leak in one of the oxygen tanks which he will be ...
The river was about five hundred yards across at its widest point. The surface of the water was completely still and reflected the trees on the far bank with almost perfect accuracy. The town was much larger than Lantern Hill with hundreds of houses lining the waterside south of the river. They s...