CHAPTER 8
The molten landThey packed up, mounted and moved off. Neil was always impressed by the way Baldur seemed to know exactly what he was doing and where he was going. He foresaw no difficulty in locating Eric. Indeed he had had no difficulty in locating the other two.
‘Where will we begin?’ Neil asked.
‘We will go to the volcanic regions of the east that Haakon mentioned, and find the nearest village. There we will ask for Eric Thorenson. If they have not heard of him, we will go to the next and inquire there. We will find someone who knows of him.’
It took them three and a half days travelling to reach the regions of fire and brimstone Neil had heard about. On the third night when they made camp they could see an evil red glow against the sky in the east, opposite to where the l
