Dale
ran to his horse, pulled one of the Gorg knives out of a bag
and walked back. He unwrapped it and held it up for the
dragon to see. It looked at the knife and nodded its head.
“Yes, that is one of them.” The dragon’s words dropped like
a stone into the pit of Dale’s stomach and he fought down
the urge to flee. He steadied his nerves and wrapped the
knife up. “King Yaybar must not die.”
Dale frowned at the dragon. “Who is King Yaybar?”
“I have no idea,” the dragon said, swinging its head from
side to side. “But in the vision I see two roads. If he
dies, all is lost and the army devours all life. If he does
not, victory is certain and the army is vanquished back to
the heavens from which it fell.”
“Can you tell us the way to
Villenspell? I think it just became critical that we reach
there as fast as possible.”
“Go back the way you came for you surely will not reach
there by entering the swamp. But I can give you no better
instructions than this for I do not know where it lies.”
Dale bowed toward the dragon. “Thank you. We’ll try one of
the other roads.”
The dragon looked intently at Dale. “You intend to fight
this swarming army?”
“I don’t think I have much choice. Maybe I can find some
wizards at Villenspell who don’t have any common sense and
want an adventure.”
The dragon smirked. “That would define most wizards I’ve
ever had the displeasure to know.”
“And maybe they can tell me who this King Yaybar is, or at
least where I can find him.”
The dragon
nodded its massive head. “Perhaps.” It lifted its right
forepaw and dropped its voice an octave. “I wish you success
in your quest, Knight of Heaven.”
Dale peered at the dragon and crossed his arms. “I wasn’t
aware that I held such a title.”
The dragon
dropped its forepaw back on the ground and winked at Dale.
“You do now. I just gave it to you.” The dragon swung its
head around and surveyed the company once more. “Fare well.
I wish you good fortune… you’ll need it.” It vanished in a
billowing cloud of fog.
Wizard’s Bane is the first book of The Sojourn Chronicles,
six books that recount the adventures of Dale, a member of a
large space fleet, who is marooned on a world similar to
18th-century Earth. He discovers very quickly that being
stranded is the least of his problems; the world he is on is
about to be destroyed and he's the only one that can save
it. Without any clear direction, or the tools to do so, he
sets out to try, encountering magic, mayhem and chaos at
every turn.
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