The Huntsman's Amulet by Duncan M. Hamilton

Author:Duncan M. Hamilton [Hamilton, Duncan M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Published: 2013-11-15T05:00:00+00:00

Ferrata had watched the docks at Auracia each day since returning to the city. It was the same tactic that he employed in Voorn, and he was beginning to see that it was flawed. However, when someone moved about as much as Soren did there were few ways to keep track of them.

One of the Honest Christophe’s sailors was less than guarded with his tongue after a few drinks, and Ferrata had been able to learn that Soren had been on the Honest Christophe, but had disembarked for the Shrouded Isles. The mention of the Shrouded Isles came as a surprise, and made Ferrata wonder if Soren had a death wish. Ferrata couldn’t help but wonder what it was that drew him there, but it didn’t matter.

All that interested Ferrata was the fact that they were collecting Soren on their return to Auracia. Another trip across the Middle Sea and now he was loitering by the docks in Auracia waiting for a ship to come in. Again. At least the weather was better. Several days overdue, even taking into account their detour, and it looked as though the Honest Christophe wasn’t going to arrive.

With all of the stories surrounding the Isles, it was possible that neither Soren, nor the Honest Christophe would ever be seen again. This would make it very difficult for Ferrata to collect the bounty. Failing to kill an ordinary man would also be bad for Ferrata’s reputation. Give me a duke and I’ll give you a corpse, he thought, but an ordinary man? It explained why the price on Soren’s head was so high at least, but it was frustrating.

As though the involvement of cursed islands wasn’t enough, there was also talk of a ferocious storm that had swept down from the north and wrecked a number of ships, damaging several more. Ferrata was lucky that his ship had arrived in Auracia before it hit.

There was a third story, and that one was far more interesting. Of the ships that had managed to make it back to Auracia after the storm, several of them had spoken of being chased by a pirate ship that was preying on vessels crippled by the bad weather. If it was true, Ferrata rather admired the captain’s initiative. It might also mean that Soren was headed for a pirate sanctuary in the Spice Isles, rather than providing food for fish, or whatever was on the Shrouded Isles.

So much uncertainty, so much frustration. He would think twice before taking another high price contract on anyone but the aristocracy or merchant elite, people whose greed tied them to a particular place.

Ferrata groaned. Another sea voyage was the last thing he wanted, but there was no rest for the wicked, and he most certainly was that.

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