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On a hill surrounded on three sides by forest and on the fourth by the ruins of a fortress stood a ring of stones. They crowned the hill with stark beauty, like the bones of a castle buried so deeply in the soil that only the battlements of the tallest tower rose above the earth. It was said by some that chambers lay beneath the standing stones, rooms filled with treasure, with haunts, with creatures not of human form. It was said that passageways led out from these chambers like rivers stretching from a landlocked lake, leading from this hill across the land, even to the cold sea in the north, even to the great mountains far to the south.
This is the first thirteen lines of Kate Elliot's King's Dragon, the first book in a 7 book series still being finished.
It starts kinda slow... in fact the entire first novel is a little slow for some people's tastes, but I've gotten completely hooked on the series and have the sixth book on pre-order.
What do the rest of you think?
D&D has a lot to answer for...
"Quickly, Alric! Turn up the compressor or the boat will be ruint! I will skin thee an' it be ruint!"
[This message has been edited by mikemunsil (edited July 21, 2005).]