Through the glare of those unholy sparkglobes, he squinted up again at the giant firelance. He remembered the charred sheep’s carcass from his introduction to the weapon’s power. Could even a city wall withstand that? And what would it do to ordinary men?
If that thing works, Denthold can conquer Nevyana with ease.
And if Amlinn’s grandfather had not been deterred by the attack that morning—or killed—and continued his quest to retrieve Clan Therra’s stolen sunscales, Amlinn’s clan might well be the first to feel that monstrous firelance’s fury.
Petra glanced back at Amlinn again. The horror on her face told him she’d come to that same sickening realization.
Their guards now turned them to the left, parallel to the broken wall and tumbled Curtain poles of the Temple courtyard. They head
