The Citadel of Forgotten Myths by Michael Moorcock EPUB & PDF – eBook Details
- Author Name: Michael Moorcock
- Book Genre: Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Heroic Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery
- ISBN # 9781982199807
- Edition Language: English
- Date of Publication: 2022-12-6
- File Format: PDF / EPUB
- PDF / EPUB File Size: 3.9 MB
Over the Edge
THE SUN, RIMMED in copper now and bloated as if with blood, settled upon
the horizon. It cast long complicated shadows across a strangely wrought
ship whose reflective brass flashed like eyes everywhere in the rigging. On
deck, two dignified priestesses of Xiombarg, wearing elaborate ceremonial
quilted habits with glinting bronze crowns, stood expectantly at the ship’s
rail as, softly, they called a prayer to their patron and then peered suddenly
upwards. There, in the soft depths of the sky, they detected a movement
and, bowed in contemplation, listened to the distant hungry roar greeting
the coming of darkness with godlike glee.
The priestesses were Lady Andra and Lady Indra of the Temple of
Xiombarg in far Ko. The captain understood them to be pledged to some
sort of mission on behalf of their patroness, the Queen of the Swords. They
began to chant their final evening ritual and now saw a great shadow in the
form of a sword-bearing woman, the shape preferred by their deity in Ko,
appear in the sky overhead. As they completed their ritual, two men came
up from the passenger quarters below.
One was short, with a shock of
startling red hair, a ruddy complexion, large blue eyes and a wide, smiling
mouth. He wore a quilted maroon jacket and deerskin breeks tucked into
soft boots. His tall companion was clad in black silk and black leather, hair
the colour of milk, skin pale as the thinnest bleached linen. Like his
companion he was unarmed. Any casual observer would know that he was
not quite human. His long head with its slightly tapering ears and slanting
brows was as remarkable as his sharp, glittering ruby-coloured eyes. He
frowned.
They had been in time to glimpse the last of the apparition.
Lowering their hands, the priestesses turned, surprised to see the men,
who bowed politely. The dignified women acknowledged the pair and
passed gracefully down the companionway, returning to their cabin
belowdecks. The men took the place of the women at the rail. The disc of
the sun was halfway below the horizon now, its light cutting a red road
across the unbroken surface of the sea.
The tall man was well known in the North and West hemispheres but not
well liked. He was Elric, sometimes called Kinslayer, former emperor of
unhuman Melniboné, until lately the dominant power in the world. The
short man was Moonglum from Elwher in the so-called Unmapped East.
Since meeting again, they had been travelling companions, with Elric
seeking answers to his questions concerning the beginnings of Melniboné
and Moonglum seeking knowledge and treasure. They had shared rare
adventures. Most recently they had come from Chun, where they had found
two more people with complicated reasons for travelling with them, and
who this evening had elected to stay below. Now nothing of Xiombarg,
rival of Elric’s own patron, Arioch, remained.
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