Chapter seventeenWas this somewhat pathetic little mutiny one of the earliest examples of the power of an Emperor of Paz? I surmised that perhaps the idea of Paz could be projected to receptive minds. It had been in the past in a vague fashion. As the word spread, more and more like-minded people would take up the cause. If they didn’t, they’d be doomed. The Shanks would see to that.
In this fabulous world of Kregen very often what the heart desires is achieved, and very often not, and it is what is done with the achievement that counts and the reaction to disappointment that matters.
We saw no signs of any other ships, either friendly or hostile, as we sped south. Sternum set watches; they saw nothing of Shank or survivor. There were good chances that some of the Hamalese had escaped as
