Rain battered his shoulders, sweeping in solid crystal sheets across the teak deck as the giant vessel slid into another deep trough. He felt the sickening drop in his stomach, the yawn of ocean waves swallowing the horizon. The Avenger shuddered through her massive bulkheads, steel and water col...
The air inside the parameter boiled, crackling and hissing in fiery tongues. Time seemed to slow as Jacob walked under the shimmering ramparts, the heavy hood of his cloak drawn close to shield him from the heat, though he felt it sear his skin just the same. Most of the guards had already escape...