Around noon or so on their fourth day traveling through a birchwood forest toward Sarsos, the Atan scouts report soldiers ahead of them--waiting, more than likely for the Queen's entourage and its small army. A quarter of a mile ahead of their position Mirtai's found a small hill, jutting up boulders covered in moss--Sparhawk's decision is ( Read more... )

As the weather gets increasingly threatening, the prospect of stopping somewhere for shelter becomes less of a prospect and more of a requirement. The (granted tedious) proposition of setting up tents is put off by the arrival of Kring riding back with a small carriage behind him to introduce 'Baron Kotyk', a landowner who seems very pleased by the ( Read more... )