Many of the Kadrin peasants who called it home had somehow not expected it to. Smoke drifted up from some of the buildings, but came from chimneys, not the structures themselves. All was not well, but it was far better than they had feared. Some folk went to work that morning as if nothing had ha...
He’s got grease in his blood, what’s a little more in his stomach?” -Cadmus Errol The ceiling of the cavern was cut into furrows where successive passes of the auger had left parallel circular channels. Spark lights anchored to the walls with rock bolts cast striped shadows along the ruts. It mig...
It will not spoil or rot. It never goes out of fashion. It will never wear out in your lifetime or those of any descendant you might imagine.” – Parjek Ran-Haalamar, trader Birdsong filled the air, and dawn’s light glistened on the dew-speckled grass. There was an earthy smell, one that Madlin co...
Life isn’t as tidy as that.” -Cadmus Errol The wind high above the Sea of Kerum whistled among the steel struts and beams of the Jennai, adding its own sound even as it stole away the words of conversations that passed among the rebels who milled around the plaza. Rynn imagined that if she closed...
He felt the cool, smooth skin of the demon's fingers as they locked about the front of his skull. With conscious effort, he resisted the temptation to watch in the aether as the spell took hold. He had done so only once, and the creeping feeling of watching aether being poured into his own mind s...