Messengers were common on the streets of Landsend, Southwood's capital, even in the darkness of early morning. After bundling her other clothes, she tucked them out of sight in the lower limbs of a tree that graced the garden behind a wealthy merchant's house.
It was still early in the winter season, so the silk was warm enough if she kept moving, but she was glad the trousers were made of heavier material. She had to fluff the opaque sleeves twice to keep them from revealing odd bulges where she stored the tools of her trade. She stood up and ran her hands lightly over the silk of her courier's tunic to make sure that the black and gray material hung properly. In Purgatory, the westside slum where Sham lived, the ocean air smelled like dead fish, old garbage, and despair. The Cybellian conquerors, like the Southwood nobles before them, had chosen to make their homes far from the wharves. She drew in a deep breath of the fresh air.Įven the sea smelled different here in the hilly area of Landsend. In the darkness that even the moonlight failed to reach, a sea breeze caressed her hair. S ham sat on a low stone fence in the shadows of an alley pulling on her boots. World Wide Web site address is Īce Books first published by The Ace Publishing Group, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc.,ĪCE and the “ A ” design are trademarks belonging to Penguin Putnam Inc. The Berkley Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc.,ģ75 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014. Making or distributing electronic copies of this book constitutes copyright infringement and could subject the infringer to criminal and civil liability. This book may not be reproduced in whole or part, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.Īn Ace Book / published by arrangement with the author
0 kommentar(er)
