Book Preview Black is the color of my true love’s hair His lips are like a rose so fair The kindest face and the gentlest hands I love the ground whereon he stands Sunrise light glazed the oblong cobbles along the north bank of the River Clyde. The thump of music from a barge-turned nightclub … Read more
Book Preview The end of the world had come and gone. It turned out not to matter much in the long run. The mail still had to get through. Harrie signed yesterday’s paperwork, checked the dates against the calendar, contemplated her signature for a moment, and capped her pen. She weighed the metal barrel in … Read more
Book Preview Captain, d’ye see the banners brave Floating on the wind? Fire and folly fear, me boys, Hail and hell they’ll send. Riordan limped down the parapet to the next guard post, the soft sole of his left boot hissing on black granite as he hitched along in pursuit of the High-King. A cloak … Read more