CHAPTER FORTY-TWO Lorimor didn’t need to wait long for the other slave cities to fall. In fact, news of the Slavers’ defeat at Radyn soon got through to the slaves in the other cities, who led a revolt against their masters. The Desert People were invited into the other cities by the slaves and terrible retribution was taken against all the people and things associated with slavery. The cities were burned down to the ground and the large mines in Scrinon were abandoned. For a brief while, King Frederick tried to convince both the Desert People and the slaves that these cities might need to be re-colonised, but he was ignored as the Desert People had no concept of cities and the slaves just wanted to destroy all the things they associated with tyranny. Only Radyn was left, and that re

