The Snake by Michael Grant

Author:Michael Grant
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-12T16:00:00+00:00

truly singular but comes with other creatures attached, an infestation almost, a sort of ant colony that crawled and swam against the eternal flow of blood.

Not ants of course, but tiny human creatures, men and women, young and old, all of the same race now, a red, red race.

I had avoided disgracing myself. Barton did not. I smelled urine and vomit and yes, indeed, young Barton Jones had collapsed on the floor and was whimpering. No trace of the cool, calculating killer could be seen on that tearstained, vomit-flecked face.

Those with tender hearts would probably imagine that mere exposure to the Master of the Game constituted punishment enough. But while Messengers of Fear may have their own individual emotions, including compassion, their duty is not to bend the world toward mercy, but to correct the balance that is harmed when terrible crimes go unpunished.

As for the Master of the Game, whether he is unique or one of several of his ilk, there is no pity within him.

Upon completing his dramatic and mind-shattering appearance, the Master of the Game asked in a voice like corpses speaking, “You summon me, Messenger?”

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