Chapter 17

“Storm after storm swept the Land together: the great storm of heaven,

the ever-roaring storm, the malicious storm which swept over the Land,

the storm which destroyed cities, the storm which destroyed houses,

the storm which destroyed cow-pens, the storm which burned sheepfolds,

which laid hands on the holy rites, which defiled the weighty council,

the storm which cut off all that is good from the land.”

-Sumerian Lament

The air was cool and the sky overcast as they crossed the final stretch of the low plain and began the ascent into the Mountains. Mashuwa was in the lead, with the horse following obediently beside him. Annyka sat astride i...

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