He had come a long way through chill water. It took him minutes squatting on the flagstones of the dungeon to grow warm. His ability to think coherently returned as he altered his shape to one more suitable. He allowed himself a moment of satisfacti...
They laughed and swigged ethermead from crystal beakers. One youth had a courtesan under each arm and kissed each in turn. Another flexed a small whip in imitation of the succubi in the Den of Mortal Delights below. A tall, beautiful sin’dorei girl played a seven-stringed lute and improvised vers...
Anders had seen scores of them. He had done little but drink and fornicate since he had come back from the Xilarean Highlands. He had money now. At least for a while longer. He had the silver to do whatever he wanted. The Governor had paid well for the damned coffin. He ra...
It ran down the back of Tyrion’s neck and beneath his jerkin as he passed through. He cursed inwardly. It was difficult enough to maintain his gear in these tropical conditions, getting it wet was only going to make that harder. Inside the gloomy chamber it smelled of mould and rotting leaves and...
Rhiana stood at the edge, the bundle still on her arm. She studied Kormak with a critical eye. “Those cuts will need to be seen to. They may well attract sharks and other things once we are in the water.” “We don’t have anything to bind so many wounds and we wouldn’t have ...
They moved down the slope directly behind the prison pen. It was night now, but the moon had not reached its zenith. Zamara and the marines would not attack until it was midnight, which gave them plenty of time to get into position. They moved cautiously, testing their foo...
Grey clouds hid the sun. A smell of rot drifted on the wind, and sometimes Kormak found there was a strange taste in his mouth as if invisible spores had somehow found their way in. His tongue tingled at times and he felt dizzy in the saddle. He pulled out the wraithstone amulet. It was a little ...
The road ran down the slope and directly towards a massive gate, flanked on either side by two monstrously huge statues, like the dwarven road markers but on a completely different scale. Within the valley was a camp of scores of tents and dozens of other structures. Even from this distance Korma...
SAID Kormak. “Yuri hears a scream, and summons the boys to investigate and lo and behold, we find you standing over the corpse of a grey scarf,” said Altman. “What are the chances?” “It’s a yellow scarf and I did not kill him,” said Kormak, stepping away from the body. “He’s not wearing Krugman c...
Corpses sprawled everywhere. Most of the dead looked as if they had fled in panic and been overtaken by large beasts. Their flesh was ripped and their bones had been broken and gnawed for marrow. When he’d heard the sounds of violence and cries of pain Kormak had almost ridden on. After all, the ...
They had been following the trail for hours now and the forest was getting more and more shadowy. “Woman’s brooch, dropped here. Looks like we’re on the right trail sure enough.” “Think she left it deliberately?” Kormak glanced over his shoulder. Once again, he had the sense of being watched. He ...