Category Archives: Book 2 and 3

This time, they’d only gone a few steps before Phelan jerked his arm away from Thom.  “No.” “What do you mean no?” Phelan’s eyes narrowed.  “No, we’re not going to go discuss this in private so you can convince me … Continue reading →

“What were the terms?”  Thordin rumbled, eyeing the two men as they returned to the relative safety within the camp’s walls. Phelan was the one to close the gates and lift the bar back into place as Thom answered.  “Not … Continue reading →

“Bloody hell, Thomas, slow down, would you?”  Phelan jerked his arm from Thom’s grip a few steps shy of the gate. “If he wants this over quickly, then we’ll end it fast.  I’m not above negotiating.”  Thom hefted the cross-bar … Continue reading →

Thom strode out into the morning’s gloom, squinted up at the shafts of sun slicing through the clouds above, then shouted up to Davon, “How many?” “Just a dozen,” Davon called back.  “Looks like more are coming, though.” Not good, … Continue reading →

The hairs stirred on the back of his neck as he neared Neve and Cameron’s cot.  The door stood slightly ajar and he could hear Marin’s voice among the speakers within.  Matt shivered slightly and tried to ignore the stirrings … Continue reading →

“It’ll turn out well enough,” Thordin rumbled, interrupting his thoughts.  “You’re all as prepared as you can hope to be, and seems to me that you’ve got more ability to reason than whatever monsters Cariocecus has recruited to his aid.  … Continue reading →

Dawn shattered over the world as the last vestiges of the storm cleared—ice coating every ounce of snow, every flat surface slick with it.  The sun peeked through the iron gray clouds in shafts and tendrils, one such glimpse so … Continue reading →

“You know, I hope that someday, you’ll be the one to talk me out of doing things that are stupidly rash and potentially dangerous rather than the other way around,” Finn said.  He was chewing on that damned thumb again, … Continue reading →

“Come to bed,” I said after a few long moments of silence.  “Just for a few hours.  I won’t make you stay past midnight, since you’re so sure they’re still going to hit us.” He winced.  “Mar—” “Am I really … Continue reading →

“It’s not going to happen tonight, Thom,” I said quietly as I drifted up behind him.  He stood at the mouth of the tent, staring at the driving snow that was drifting into knee-deep piles in places.  At that point, … Continue reading →