Chareh, a Master Bard, has been away from home for far too long. Recalling a broken promise to his beloved childhood friend Earan, he rushes home — only to find his friend committing ritual suicide. He stops Earan, and during the night they begin to repair their friendship and kindle a new kind of love...
I Up the mountain Brown grasses rustle at my feet Until they bend beneath the lusciousness of snow […]
“Kneel.” The Empress on her cut-crystal throne was as lithe as the golden snake armrests. Coll knelt instantly before her. A shiver […]
I could smell her body from across the raging waters: her fearful heart pumping rich sweet blood; the bitter odour of a […]
The torches flared pink, orange, green, teal, blue. Colours maddened by rogue alchemists and their powders. The sand churned under countless feet. […]
