In Search Of The Alter Dom (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
Lt Jibba arrives back with two Na Idriss carrying a cage with extra long handles, their arrival unnoticed by Magus the Oga Koya. Blodwyn noticed the interior of the cage was covered in sheet web; the type spiders use to conceal themselves! Karak approaches the bound Oga Koya. ‘I will give you no information,’ says Magus defiantly. ‘Every race has a weakness,’ replies Karak, ‘my Na Idriss are afraid of water and the Oga Koya. We Malis Afar are afraid of the cold. What is the Oga Koya afraid of?’ Magus remains silent. ‘Well let me prick your memory,’ says the Cold-blood, giving the Oga Koya a jab with his sharp sword. ‘You once shared Goya Perilus with another species that nearly wiped out your tribe until the Jal Mar helped you – for gold. This species is not a spider but spins a web,’ continues Karak, ‘it can only eat putrid flesh – it moves through tunnels quicker than the Oga Koya, and its favourite prey is….’ Karak now has Magus’s full, undivided attention.
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