Poul Anderson by Vault of the Ages

Author:Vault of the Ages
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-09-07T16:20:17+00:00

Chapter JO Vengeance of the Gods

I

HE City brooded under a hot, cloudless heaven, without sign of life. But the notion shuddered in Carl that it was a waiting stillness, and he fought to drive the superstition from his mind.

"There she is," said Owl. He sat his horse in the shade of a tree, whose leaves hung unstirring in the breathless quiet, and looked past the wrecked outer buildings to the desolated splendor of the towers. "And now what do we do?"

Carl wiped the sweat from his face. "We go to the time vault," he replied as steadily as possible.

"The witch-men won't be happy about that," warned Tom.

"Then they'll have to be unhappy," snapped Carl. "We've got their Chief on our side, at least."

Stones rattled as they rode down an empty street. Once a lithe form went bounding across their path, a

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