Ivory and Paper_Adventures in and Out of Time by Ray Hudson

Author:Ray Hudson [Hudson, Ray]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fantasy
ISBN: 9781602233478
Goodreads: 36764422
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: 2018-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

For the remainder of the morning, Ash led us across the rugged eastern half of the island until we stood at the base of the volcano. The summit always looked like it was a week’s walk away. The lower slopes were softened with grass and low-growing bushes. The upper sides were all rock, stiff and fragile surfaces. We zigzagged up a series of switchbacks and crossed ravines of hard snow.

We’re walking into trouble, I said to myself.

As the cone narrowed, the trail became steeper. We crossed to the opposite side of the peak. In the distance, a pure volcanic cone rose from the sea. A second island had some low land off to one side of its volcanic peak. Still another volcano loomed in the south. I had now seen all four of the mountains. The breeze was always at our backs as though it followed us around and around. After we had circled the narrowing cone three more times, we came to a wide expanse that perched on a long escarpment—that’s a word I learned in science and thought I’d never use. From here there was a nearly vertical descent to the sea. The ground was surprisingly green with lush vegetation forming a skirt around the muffled dome of one of those partly underground homes. Whoever this woman was, she occupied quite the piece of real estate.

“I will tell her we have arrived,” Ash said. It was like the Woman of the Volcano had been expecting us. A notched log protruded from a square framed opening at the top. Ash used it to descend inside. We stood there, admiring the view toward the jagged outcroppings of the eastern half of the island.

“What are you thinking?” I asked Anna.

“I’m thinking we need to be careful.”

Vasilii nodded agreement.

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