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The Valley of Stones [Robes series] [MultiFormat]
eBook by Patricia Duffy Novak
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eBook Category: Fantasy
eBook Description: The mage Garrin Windson undertook what he expected to be a fairly straight-forward task. He had no idea that the location in which he was working would change the nature of his assignment beyond anything he could possibly have expected.
eBook Publisher: Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust, Published: Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine #39, 1998
Fictionwise Release Date: September 2009
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Words: 4807
Reading time: 13-19 min.
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Sunlight slanted across the barren escarpment, and the still air shimmered with heat. Garrin studied the army of boulders, seeking a particular outline, a tell-tale shape.
Nothing.
And yet, he felt that tingle along his nerves that told him she was near. Somewhere in this group of rocks, she was hidden. If he unleashed a mage-bolt, he could destroy all the stones, but such an action would be harmful to this fragile land and wasteful of Garrin's own energy. Two years ago, when he'd first begun scouting the border, he might have chosen that course, but he'd learned patience in the intervening years. All he needed to do was wait.
He dropped, to a sitting position, in the dust. Weakening his power shields, he freed a trace of mage-glow. A faint cloud, visible to any with the Sight, rose around him. A novice wizard would cast such a shadow at all times, unable to restrain his power. But in spite of his youth, Garrin was no novice. What he did, he did deliberately. Bait for the trap.
Two young mages already this hag-demon had killed, draining their life forces along with their magic. Garrin knew, without any sense of pride, that in himself the demon would finally meet her match. When night fell and she woke from her stone dreams, his leaking aura would lure her. Irresistible as cold ale to a thirsty man.
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