Prologue: Anchor The 19th day of early summer, 530 A.E./A.F. Azosh-ek trembled as the first sacrifice toppled over, face first, onto packed earth. He tried not to breathe, but it did no good. The after-echoes of the heathen’s death surrounded him like flames. Hundreds of tiny, purple-edged wisps of gold licked at his bloodied robe, squeezing […]