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By Allan Cole, Chris Bunch
A considerate and well-crafted epic fantasy.PUBLISHERS WEEKLYYoung, pampered Amalric Antero cared just for actual locations and attainable desires. yet then he met Janos Greycloak, a rushing soldier who dabbled in forbidden magic and who carried, hidden, facts of riches and mysteries past mind's eye. And unexpectedly Amalric stumbled on himself taking off at the experience of a life-time, a bold and dangerous quest via unknown lands peopled through nightmares, to hunt the final word in fables...THE a long way KINGDOMS!
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Brave soldiers ... dangling limp, dangling loose, and none of you will be able to honor your women ... dangling loose ... " The soldiers stirred and their protests were audible, in spite of a barked command from Maeen. Cassini slid from his horse and walked forward. at where the sun shone through branches ... then, smiling gently ... at the witch, "Ah woman, ah woman, you see that tree ... you see that shadow ... the shadow of that tree is that tree ... " he chanted. "Like that tree you shall stand, you will stand, stand you must...
He said he'd considered my wishes and that he would be honored to convey us to Redond. He named the price ... in gold ... in advance. I hope I kept from sputtering his resinous swill over his deck, and told him I merely wanted to charter his little plaything, not purchase it outright. He smiled as if I were jesting and mournfully spoke of the dangers of the Pepper Coast. I asked him what were the dangers, specifically"? His gloomy list was impressive: he mentioned rocks that changed their locations from voyage to voyage; great whirlpools; sea monsters; pirates; lee cliffs with nary a landing safe to beach on; storms blowing up from a clear sky, no doubt brought on by some great and evil Evocator somewhere on the Pepper Coast; stars not consistent in their courses, so no navigator could be sure of his location.
Then it recovered and lashed out with its sharp-spined tail. But our champion hurdled the blow and struck the demon in the chest. There was a loud, dry crack of bone collapsing, and the demon howled in agony. The man bounded upward and gripped the beast by the neck. He wrapped those columned arms about the demon and gave a mighty wrench. There was a scream and snap, and the man leaped away as the demon tumbled to the floor. Our champion turned to us. Raised his hands high in victory and gave out a great bellow.