Category Archives: A Shandorian Journey

Hashta bowed to the Queen and the Amryn, then threw back his head and looked around. His eye fell scathingly on Hural, but he ignored him for the moment. “I am Hashta dar Harrak dar Ghaer,” he said, addressing the … Continue reading →

“I think you were perfectly sensible,” Anna said. She sat cross-legged beside Tam on thick blankets. A fire burned merrily at the center of the chieftain’s tent, and emblems of the sixty clans decorated the perimeter. None of the chieftains … Continue reading →

The moon must have risen while he was talking to the Queen, because its light slipped through the tent’s door-flap, picking out the sleepers around him in a pale silver glow. It also glinted on a figure that hadn’t been … Continue reading →

In the tent he shared with the Healer and the three male warriors, Tam sat up in the dark, with his bedroll tugged over his legs for warmth. If he tried to do his listening exercises while lying down he … Continue reading →

The Healer nodded, and motioned to Ziller to lead on. The Germhacht man frowned, but he showed them to the main mine building and began, with lots of long words that Tam didn’t understand, to explain about the machinery than … Continue reading →

What was a foreigner doing at Color Finders? Tam stepped over to have a closer look. The man had light hair, like Tam, a square face, and red cheeks. He was sitting up in bed reading a book, and the … Continue reading →

“So that’s our new Amryn,” Tava said, once Hashta had vanished. “You hadn’t met him before?” Tam started picking his way back down the tumbled rocks, and Tava followed him. “No.”

When they started walking again, the Healer hung back from the others a bit and motioned Tam to join him. “I hope you won’t judge Palma’s sharp-edged manner too harshly,” the Healer said, quietly, just for Tam’s ears. “She doesn’t … Continue reading →

Tam liked walking. Ever since he and Jon had started spending their summers with the Blackfeathers they’d ridden on all sorts of contraptions from trains to carriages, pirate ships to outriggers. Travelling like that could be exciting, but when it … Continue reading →