All I wanted was for the year to end and to leave Arx Anade. For where, I did not know. Somewhere where I...

The bejeweled gold panel looked nothing like a door, and until Vogel opened it, I didn't even see the edges....

I didn't like the thought of wearing a dead man's armor, but mine had several key pieces broken beyond...

"Can you hear me?" Johan's voice was distant, echoing through a loud, painful ringing. I groaned as he tugged...

The plan to disguise cavalry as infantry had a very bad downside. We all had to walk. Making Graymire look...

Embarrassed and annoyed at myself, I didn't doubt anything Lenz had said. It explained a lot of little...

I can't say I didn't glance at the gaudy sword on the table when the Lawspeaker made his pronouncement. But...

However soft the bedding, dreams of blood and slaughter roused me from my rest. Sweat dribbled from me as I...

Outside the walls, rural life continued at its typical pace, with herdsmen tending their livestock, and...

When a surgeon promised pain, he meant it. I chewed through several leather straps as he fished out the...