Chapter two
Obquam of Tajkent keeps orderNeither the Star Lords nor the Savanti had made any attempts to save me when I stood in mortal peril of my life in obeying their aloof commands. I could look for no help from them.
There seemed no hope.
If the Star Lords moved the volroks, I did not know then and I do not know now.
But the cloud of winged men swirled up, their wings an evil rustle in the darkness, the pink sheen from their weapons rising and swinging, their eyes glittering, and then, in a single close-bunched mass, they swooped upon the galley pursuing us.
In an instant all was commotion and pandemonium aboard.
I did not cease from pulling.
“By the Muscle...” breathed Turko, in awe.
Any ideas I might have entertained of remaining in the boat and of slipping past along the ri
