Captives of the Flame

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Captives of the Flame · Prologue
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Chapter I
Silent as a sleeping serpent for sixty years, it spanned from the heart of Telphar to the royal palace of Toromon. From the ashes of the de…
Chapter II
It had been silent for sixty years. Then, above the receiving stage in the laboratory tower of the royal place of Toromon, the great transp…
Chapter III (1)
The Devil's Pot overturned its foul jelly at the city's edge. Thirteen alleys lined with old stone houses was its nucleus; many of them wer…
Chapter III (2)
"Because," interrupted Geryn, suddenly pointing directly at Tel's face, "we have to fight. Toromon has gotten into a situation where its ex…
Chapter IV (1)
She made a note on her pad, put down her slide rule, and picked up a pearl snap with which she fastened together the shoulder panels of her…
Chapter IV (2)
His name brought him to a halt, and he stared after her. When he did turn back to his new partner, surprise still on his face, his eyes wer…
Chapter V
A few hours earlier, Geryn gave Tel a kharba fruit. The boy took the bright-speckled melon around the inn, looking for Alter. Unable to fin…
Chapter VI
The Duchess of Petra said, "Now, your first direct assignment will be ..." Then, the sudden green of beetles' wings; the red of polished ca…
Chapter VII (1)
The news service of Toromon in the city of Toron was a public address system that flooded the downtown area, and a special printed sheet th…
Chapter VII (2)
When there was something like silence, the Queen said, "Now, where is my son?" Alter didn't say for a long while; when she did, they were r…
Chapter VIII (1)
There was a roaring in the air. Let cried out and ran forward. Then shadow. Then water. His feet were slipping on the deck as the rail swun…
Chapter VIII (2)
Now the boy tried to climb the mountain. That was hard because the footing was slippery and the rocks kept giving. At last he stopped on a…
Chapter IX
Clea Koshar had been installed in her government office for three days. The notebook in which she had been doing her own work in inverse su…
Chapter X
During the next couple of hours, two people died, miles apart. "Don't be silly," Rara was saying in the inn at the Devil's Pot. "I'm a perf…
Chapter IX (1)
The green of beetles' wings ... the red of polished carbuncle ... a web of silver fire, and through the drifting blue smoke Jon hurled acro…
Chapter IX (2)
"They're still right here," Arkor said, pointing to his head and grinning. Then his finger touched the opened scars. When he drew it away,…
Chapter XII
In the laboratory tower of Toron, the transparent bubble above the receiving stage brightened. In shimmering haze on the platform, the tran…