DRAGONSKULL: SHIELD OF THE KNIGHT excerpts!

Let’s have two short excerpts from DRAGONSKULL: SHIELD OF THE KNIGHT!

One is about thievery. In the other, a familiar face returns from DRAGONTIARNA.

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Gareth nodded. “Dux Constantine says that it’s a threat.”

“It’s more of a threat than the Dux understands,” said Moriah. “The urdmordar are immortal, and the priestesses of the Seven Temples live for centuries. The Exarch can’t mount an invasion with the forces on the Isle of Kordain, so she needs to wait. It might be fifty or a hundred years before the Heptarchy returns, maybe longer. So what will the Exarch do to prepare for the next invasion?”

Gareth shrugged. “I suppose she will try to attack Cintarra or seize one of the towns along the coast.”

Moriah stared at him.

“Your father is an intelligent man,” said Moriah. “I hope you will live up to that one day.”

Gareth felt his frown turn to a scowl.

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“My youthful mistakes were of a different nature. Suffice it to say that Lady Moriah was not the only Cintarran thief to embark upon a different path after the war.”

“I see,” said Gareth. “Does that mean I need to watch my money pouch?”

“Certainly not, sir.”

“You wouldn’t steal from a knight?”

“You don’t have any money, sir. One does have one’s self-respect.”

Despite himself, Gareth laughed.

-JM