The Legion Of Videssos by Harry Turtledove

Author:Harry Turtledove [Turtledove, Harry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Fiction, Alternate History
Published: 2011-01-08T06:00:00+00:00

bright brass—or were they gold?—buttons on his coat of brown wool, cut longer behind than before.

Under the coat he wore a caftan of some light fabric, striped vertically in muted colors. "Why do you think me less pure of heart than yourself?" he asked, gesturing in sardonic amusement. Gorgidas was struck by his hands, which were slim and elegant, with long tapering fingers—a surgeon's hands, the Greek thought.

"Because you bloody well are," Skylitzes said, ignoring subtleties.

"Softly, my friend." Goudeles laid a hand on the officer's arm. "The truth must be that this is a wizard himself, though shy of admitting it, with spells to defeat the flames." Though he still spoke to Skylitzes, he watched Bogoraz for any telltale response to his probe.

But Bogoraz would not rise for it. "What need have I of magic?" he asked, his smile showing no more of his thoughts than a shaman's mask might. 'Truly I wish this Arghun no harm—so long as he does what he should." The mask slipped a trifle, to show the predator behind it.

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