Songs Of The Dancing Gods by Jack L. Chalker

Author:Jack L. Chalker
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Fantasy - General, American Science Fiction And Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fiction - Fantasy, Fiction, Fantasy, Fantastic fiction, General
ISBN: 9780345347992
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1990-07-14T04:00:00+00:00

"What were they?" Joe asked, looking around at the sky.

"Nazga. All leathery wings and teeth and hard as a rock. Not too bright on their own, though, and one of 'em had riders. Odds were they were just told to patrol for flying intruders as a routine thing."

"I'm not so sure about that other gathering now," Joe said worriedly. "They'll have a lot more security there than at the camp, and it's possible they may be warned about us."

"Aw, I doubt if those flying stomachs will bother warning anybody. They have enough trouble remembering their own names," Marge replied. "But, you're right. They'll have a lot more security. I'm still game, though, if you are."

Joe sat back on the rooftop and sighed. Mia looked at him and couldn't get over how naturally feminine the moves and manner of the big macho man were as a Kauri. The fact that it was still his methodical fighting man's mind speaking actually just gave his form real strength.

In fact, except for the slight difference in accent and choice of words, Joe, as a Kauri, seemed just like Marge.

"All right," he said at last. "But we don't push it. If we can't get near, then we can't get near. Understood?"

They both nodded.

"And, in any event," he reminded them, "we'd better be back well before dawn."

Mia looked at the horizon. "But where do we look for them?" she asked.

"We follow the road, of course," he answered. "If they've got it blocked north, then it's got to lead where they don't want anyone going."

They hadn't flown on long before Mia said, "There's a slight fog of some kind. You can see all right, but it's like a thin, dark film over everything.''

"That's been there since we entered this vile land," Marge responded. "It's just that you hadn't had anything to contrast it with before. Now it's getting more dense."

"What is it?" Mia asked, curious.

"It is evil," Marge told her. "It is the cloak of pure evil." The Kauri felt no heat or cold, but Mia still felt a very real

chill go through her. "It seems to come from the northwest," she noted.

"Yes," Joe agreed. "From Hypboreya."

They passed over some military roadblocks, Joe noting that all the guards were Bentar. Clearly, if you got this far, you weren't just going to be turned around with a warning. If you were lucky, the creatures from the dark side of faerie would kill you.

Beyond the roadblocks they flew low to the ground, hoping to avoid any faster and more efficient flying sentinels. Marge, who had all the experience in this sort of thing, took the lead, as the road and ground rose sharply in a series of switchbacks leading up the side of the great plateau. On a tiny ledge, Marge settled and the other two joined her.

"Well," she said, "there it is."

Below them were possibly the darkest forces in the service of Hypboreya, lined up as if for inspection, more immobile than any such armed force could possibly be.

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