All Egypt is celebrating, for Ramses II has been named Prince Regent. At the celebration feast, two rival nomarchs—rulers of wealthy provinces—steal away, aroused by the dance of a sacred eunuch. These nomarchs share a shameful past, and in the dark, aided by fine wine, they take out their lust upon each other...
I Up the mountain Brown grasses rustle at my feet Until they bend beneath the lusciousness of snow […]
The torches flared pink, orange, green, teal, blue. Colours maddened by rogue alchemists and their powders. The sand churned under countless feet. […]
Outside on the cliffs, the avalanche had buried the besieging army. Inside the castle, the hero let the snow-maidens strip him […]
I could smell her body from across the raging waters: her fearful heart pumping rich sweet blood; the bitter odour of a […]
