Lord of the Silent Kingdom by Glen Cook

Author:Glen Cook
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Fantasy - Epic, Fantasy - General, Magic, Science Fiction, Fantasy fiction, Fiction - Fantasy, Fiction, Fantasy, General, Imaginary wars and battles, War & Military, Epic, Science Fiction And Fantasy
ISBN: 9780765345974
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2008-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Underground. Again. This time under the Teragi. Imagining all that water overhead dampened his spirit.

"Oppressive, isn't it?" Doneto asked as he started up a long stairway. It curved away to the right, opposite the direction customary inside fortresses. Meaning the architects had been thinking about retreat downward rather than up.

Hecht's thoughts seldom wandered from his calling. He could not look at a hill and appreciate it as a hill. His mind instantly began working out how to both defend and assault that particular piece of ground. The same with any building, inside or out. And this one, so safe on its island, was vulnerable through its escape routes.

He did not mention that.

There were sentries. Two Patriarchal lifeguards posted at the archway where the stairwell debouched in a hidden alcove. Hecht did not disdain Sublime's protectors as soldiers. They had performed well when the Calziran pirates attacked the Mother City.

They expected Principatè Doneto. They greeted him by name but did not let him past without examination. The Captain-General suffered an even closer search. Meanwhile, additional lifeguards arrived, summoned in no obvious way.

Hecht carried one weapon, a sixteen-inch blade. The Patriarchals did not take it. As he and Doneto followed an escort onward, Hecht asked, "What was the point of that?"

"To make sure we aren't smuggling some Night-inspired piece of mischief in."

Hecht scratched his left wrist. They had missed his amulet.

Er-Rashal al-Dhulquarnen was skilled indeed.

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