Fear ruled gentle in the soft glow that surrounded the would-be brigands. “Who is your leader?” Aerendir said. There was a long hesitation before one of the conscious men pointed to the unconscious gravely-voiced man and said, “It was Reinhart.” Aerendir nodded, then looked at the sword wielding man who was cradling…
They walked for hours in the smell of the smoke, with the haze of it drifting lazily across the eastern sky. The sun tried but could not burn through it all. Soon the three crested a hill and looked down into a valley on the edge of the wildlands. A village that should have been…
A Child’s Beginnings Some of my earliest reads in life were Narnia and Lord of the Rings. My mother read C.S. Lewis to us when I was quite small, but then I didn’t do much reading at all for quite a few years. I have spoken before about moving from Colorado to South Dakota when…
The morning sun burned fire into the sky off to their left as the three worked down the dirt road. The trail was weather-worn, and deep ruts evidenced the many who had passed that way. Ruthaivan itself had been fortified much in Aerendir’s slumber, and he marveled at the mudbrick base to walls with the…
Siegyrd opened his eyes to indigo darkness. The hint of light revealed that he was inside, though he had no idea where. A soft rug was beneath him, and a blanket of wool draped him. His joints cracked as he forced himself up from his side into a half sitting position. He popped his…
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