Kingdoms of the Night by Allan Cole & Chris Bunch

Author:Allan Cole & Chris Bunch [Cole, Allan & Bunch, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9780345387325
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 1996-03-02T00:00:00+00:00

My reverie was broken. Up ahead was one of the Old Ones' demon/woman markers jutting at the channel's edge. The beauteous side was turned toward me, peering down coldly, regally, as if mocking my foolish dreams. I didn't need to see its demon side to be reminded that life's sweetest promises can be its greatest lies.

The first lie was the lake, which proved to be nothing but a skim of water over mud so deep that our longest poles could not reach the bottom. The demon/woman markers showed us the channel the Old Ones' ships must have taken long ago. Only a few, however, remained whole after so much time. The majority were broken off near the base, but even though those stone stumps were as snaggly as a crone's teeth, they rose higher than our rails, and from the crusted shellfish on their rough surfaces it was apparent that in other times the water was high enough for easy sailing. Now, however, the water was so low even our shallow-bottomed ships would find the way difficult, if not impossible.

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