CHAPTER 3Evnos Conjures a Spirit in the Tower of Eagles
The Prince’s heart was racing as he bounded up the winding stairs of the Tower of Eagles. Quickly he reached the top, climbed through the trapdoor, locked it, and dragged a trunk on top of it. Then he whispered the secret name of fire, and the torches on the walls flamed.
He concentrated on what he was doing, and calmed himself with his deliberation. He shoved tables and chairs aside, piled books in corners, stacked bottles and flasks, clearing a wide, empty space in the middle of the room.
Then he opened a cabinet and took out several bottles. He began his work. With the ashes of the mage Hinaris, the only one of all the ancients to escape the Lord of Death, he made a paste, and with it drew a circle five cubits in diameter on the
