“The heat waves danced from roof to shining roof and shimmered against the smooth marble walls. The purple towers and golden spires were softened in the faint haze. No ringing hoofs on the wide paved streets broke the drowsy silence and the few pedestrians who appeared walking, did what they had to do hastily and vanished indoors again. The city seemed like a realm of ghosts.Kull, king of Valusia, drew aside the filmy curtains and gazed over the golden window sill, out over the court with its sp...arkling fountains and trim hedges and pruned trees, over the high wall and at the blank windows of houses which met his glance.“All Valusia plots behind closed doors, Brule,” he grunted.His companion, a dark faced, powerful warrior of medium height grinned hardly: “You are too suspicious, Kull. The heat drives most of them indoors.”“But they plot,” reiterated Kull. He was a tall broad shouldered barbarian, the true fighting build–wide shoulders, mighty chest and lean flanks. Under heavy black brows his cold grey eyes brooded.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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