When I woke the air was hot and stuffy, and I was immediately aware of being shut up in a small painted-canvas box. But before I could react with more than that initial flash of distress, I realized t...
We clattered into the streets of Remalna under a brilliant sky. The cobblestones were washed clean, the roofs of the houses steamed gently. A glorious day, which should have brought everyone out not j...
Was there a letter with it?No. But who else would know?It might not be a Name Day gift at all, though it’s awfully expensive for an admirer to start with, Nee said slowly.Savona, you think? I felt my...
There were no shouts, no trumpets, nothing but the ringing of iron-shod boots on the stones of the bridge, and the clank of ready weaponry.Could we rescue them? I could not see Khesot’s face, but in t...
Then let’s address the business before us. I hope and trust we’ll have the remainder of our lives to talk all this over and compare misguided reactions, but for now… He rose and pulled me to my feet....
The less said about that morning’s ride, the better. I would have been uncomfortable even if I’d been riding with Branaric, for my leg ached steadily from the jarring of the horse’s pace. To be riding...
Speaking of busy, what make you of this? I held out the letter.Oria took it and frowned slightly as she read. When she reached the end, she said, It seems straightforward enough, except…Merindar. Isn’...
So my only hope, therefore, was to make him so angry he’d kill me outright and save us both a lot of effort.These were my cheery thoughts--not that my head was any too clear.
Savona didn’t dance with anyone else, Nee said.We were curled up in my sitting room. Outside the window, the garden was a silhouette in the faint blue light of dawn.We only danced that once. But then...
Rumor has it your war is intended to protect the Covenant, but the King insists it was you who was going to break it. Rumor also has it you and your brother said you were going to war for the betterme...
Report went to the King that the mysterious attack on Chovilun was by mountain raiders, he said.So my lord must have been right about those greens. Flerac pulled thoughtfully at his thin mustache. I’...
PROLOGUESoon after Father’s death we discovered the latest, and worst, of King Galdran’s acts: He was going to betray our Covenant with the mysterious and magical Hill Folk in order to harvest and sel...
One of the others bore away Nessaren’s clothes, and the third opened a door for me and bowed; and I walked through, feeling like a real fool. I was afraid I’d forget about the train dragging behind me...
Mel! he exclaimed when I opened the door. And he laughed. Look at you! You’re drowning in that kit. He turned his head to address Shevraeth. Ain’t anyone undersized among your people?Obviously not, I...
Looking down at the stiff, cream-colored rice paper--the good kind that came in the books that we had never been able to afford--I was both excited and apprehensive. Remembering my rather precipitous...
Khesot was looking not at the map but at us, his old eyes sad.I winced, knowing what he’d say if asked: that he had not been trained for his position any more than nature had suited Bran and me for wa...
Just then the tall man glanced over at us, and he straightened up, his dark eyes enigmatic, though he still smiled. He did not turn away, but waited for us to approach.The lady looked up again, and I...
I’m not certain what you mean by that last bit, I said at last. As for the first, you said ‘until last year.’ Does that mean that Lady Tamara has someone else in view?But of course, Nee said blandly....
It took one long, desperate week to prove just how wrong was my prophecy.The revolution is not over, Branaric said seriously some ten days later.But even this--after a long, horrible day of real fight...
If more people recognized the difference between friendship and mere attraction, and how love must partake of both to prosper, I expect there'd be more happy people.