Аннотация
TWILIGHT FALLING
BOOK I
THE EREVIS CALE TRILOGY
PAUL S. KEMP
Save for some whisper of the seething seas,
A dead hush fell; but when the dolorous day
Grew drearier toward twilight falling, came
A bitter wind ...
the bard Tennyson
PROLOGUE
FACT-FINDING
The young Tymoran priest lay unconscious on his side, bound hand and foot with thick hemp rope. A purple bruise was already beginning to form around his left eye. Vraggen eyed him coldly.
"Get him up," Vraggen ordered his agents.
Dolgan, the big Cormyrean, slung his axe and kneeled at the captive's side. He took the priest's face in his ham hand and squeezed.
"Awaken," Dolgan said.
The priest groaned, but did not open his eyes.
"Well done," taunted Azriim. He stood beside Vraggen with a smirk on his dusky-skinned face. "Very creative."
Dolgan looked at the half-drow with his typically thick expression ...
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