Its upper slopes were laced with steaming fumaroles and miniature craters whose warmth melted the recent snowfall. Its rough summit was lost in a cloud bank that was lit from below by the rising sun, creating the illusion of magma-glow. The Green Dragon had not erupted in several thousand years, ...
Now, Savitu stood on the stone landing of her cellar stairs and watched Marco and Hahliq spar with sharp steel blades in the sunken arena his supporters had constructed in the floor. After being released from ten years of eunuch training, Savitu had learned that Inglaak’s family had vanished at w...
Treinfhir looked up at Bayan in surprise. His hands were full of barbecued ribs dripping onto his lunch plate. “Why do you ask me this?” “My friend says that you attacked one of the students on campus with your magic, while I was here with you two days ago.” &n...