an excerpt from THE BURNING CHILD

Here’s a little excerpt from THE BURNING CHILD, which should be out next month:

“That was what happened at Dark River,” said Rachaelis, “wasn’t it? All the kings and lords were dead, so you told the men what to do.” 

Corthain remembered that terrible day on the banks of the Dark River, the day the Jurgur horde had almost destroyed the combined armies of the kingdoms of the west. But Corthain had taken command of the shattered hosts and turned the tables of the Jurgur horde, smashing them utterly.

Thousands upon thousands of men had died…and the singers called him the Hammer of Dark River for it. 

But after seeing what Maerwulf had done in Araspan, he did not regret it so much. Had the Jurgurs triumphed at Dark River, Maerwulf would have done the same on a vast scale throughout all the western kingdoms. 

“I was,” said Corthain, “in the right place at the right time.”

“Perhaps,” said Rachaelis, “but that only works if the right man is in the right place at the right time.” 

-JM