The Book of the Sword by A. J. Lake

Author:A. J. Lake
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fantasy, Young Adult
ISBN: 9781599900391
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: 2007-04-30T14:00:00+00:00

The sun was still high when they reached the ledge that led into the mountainside. Their horses had baulked at the bottom of the path and had to be left at the mountain’s foot, but both men had gone that way before, and the climb was soon done. Ari shook his head at the signs of the dragon’s attack: a dropped knife, a few torn strips of cloth caught on the rocks; and higher up, a patch of blood frozen on the stones. The ledge, when they neared it, was blocked by a great chunk of ice fallen from the glacier above, covering the dark crack that led into the mountain.

‘They’re inside,’ Cluaran said. ‘That path was not blocked by accident. Ari, do you know of another way in?’

Ari was already starting down the track. ‘To the west; around the other side of the glacier,’ he called back. ‘It’s lower, and more dangerous: the tunnel leads to the dungeon levels, where the spirits are hungrier.’

‘And I’m short of blood already,’ Cluaran muttered, but only to himself. ‘Lead the way!’ he called. They could ride again: the horses were growing skittish, but they would probably carry them around the foot of Eigg Loki. It would be better, much better, to get there before dark. He bent all his thoughts on speeding the journey – it did no good to think about what they would find at the end of it.

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