Saxon: the book of Dreams (Saxon 1)
“Someone was shouting my name. I peered out of the tent flap, expecting I was being called to supervise the unloading of the ransom from the mule train and its transfer into the army’s ox carts, but the royal messenger who had been sent to fetch me announced that I was to attend the count. The matter was urgent.
‘The bad news came while you were away,’ the messenger told me as he waited for me to put away the Oneirokritikon safely. ‘The Saxons have assembled a huge raiding force in the north...ern forests and are threatening to invade across the Rhine. The king has called a meeting of the army council.’ As we hurried through the gathering dark I wondered why I should be needed at such a high level conference. I entered the royal pavilion to find it lit by clusters of candles on tall, metal stands. The air in the tent was stifling, and there was a tense atmosphere among the dozen or so people gathered around the map table. One of them was Carolus, and beside him was Hroudland.MoreLess
‘The bad news came while you were away,’ the messenger told me as he waited for me to put away the Oneirokritikon safely. ‘The Saxons have assembled a huge raiding force in the north...ern forests and are threatening to invade across the Rhine. The king has called a meeting of the army council.’ As we hurried through the gathering dark I wondered why I should be needed at such a high level conference. I entered the royal pavilion to find it lit by clusters of candles on tall, metal stands. The air in the tent was stifling, and there was a tense atmosphere among the dozen or so people gathered around the map table. One of them was Carolus, and beside him was Hroudland.MoreLess
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