The Shattered Land: The Dreaming Dark Book 2
Keith Baker
Language: English
Pages: 384
ISBN: 0786938218
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Xend’rik. The dark continent. A land of once-proud empires that now lie in ruin. A land shrouded in mystery where monsters and dark powers stalk the jungles, where only the bravest and most foolhardy will venture.
Now a band of war-weary soldiers must brave the depths of Xen’drik in search of an artifact that is the last hope to save one of their own.
The Broken Sphere (Spelljammer: The Cloakmaster Cycle, Book 5)
Downshadow (Forgotten Realms: Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep, Book 3)
The Edge of Chaos (Forgotten Realms: The Wilds, Book 3)
Pathfinder Player Companion: Humans of Golarion
Hers. Staring into Lakashtai’s eyes, Daine felt a deep sense of peace, of serenity. As her eyes began to glow, he felt … Agony. In an instant, reality came tumbling back. The hot air seared his lungs, but it was nothing compared to the blinding pain that was tearing into his neck. He could feel the skin charring, the terrible heat eating away at the flesh beneath. He drew in breath to scream … And it was over. The torment had forced all thoughts from his mind. A dark shape pressed against.
And ash, and there were charred holes in her cloak, but she still smiled at him. He offered her his hand, and the drow did not stop her from leaning on him. A name. Make one up if you must, but tell me who and what you are or I’ll rip you out of my chest. Perhaps. For now, you may think of me as Shira. What am I? I am your destiny. I was made for you. I am less than thirty years old, Pierce thought. You have been in a vault for over thirty thousand years. You were not made for me. Then.
Actually met in the flesh, Tashana hadn’t even said his name. She’d dismissed him out of hand. She was only interested in … “Lakashtai!” Daine charged toward the altar. He didn’t know what was going on, and at the moment, he didn’t care, but Lakashtai was standing next to Lei—and Lei wasn’t moving. Lakashtai’s eyes glowed like twin stars, and Daine felt as if he had slammed into a wall. The force pinning his thoughts was a hundred times more powerful than that of the woman he’d just killed. He.
Nothing, but the question was obvious. Daine took a deep breath. “I let him go, Lei. I could have stopped him. Perhaps if I’d gone with him, things would have turned out differently, but even before that … I never pressed him, never forced him to learn to fight.” Each word was a weight on his tongue, each one heavier than the last. Lei’s anger melted in the face of his despair. “He was a healer,” she murmured, “a dragonmark. He wasn’t a target on the battlefield …” “I was his friend. I could.
Touch. “Lei—” “Danger!” Pierce’s voice rang throughout the tunnel. Lei spun toward the sound, tearing her hand free and gripping her black staff. Daine raised his sword, cursing inside. Don’t expect one blow to end every fight. Moments ago the floor had been covered with the charred remnants of a million insects. Now a new host had arisen from the old, a river of gleaming chitin and quivering antenna rising up from the ashes. The creatures clustered together in a dense, unnatural mass—in the.