The Map of All Things (2010)
“Raga Var had found the easiest path in the cold mountains, marking a way for the Tierran army to cross snow-patched bowls and high hanging valleys. But along the tight passes and sheer cliffs, a road needed to be chiseled out—a path wide enough to accommodate the enormous beasts that were on their way from Iboria.
By now, swarms of Urecari prisoners from the Alamont and Corag internment camps had cleared a large portion of the path. Sullen teams of slaves wielded heavy hammers, shovels, and pic...kaxes to widen the rock ledges. Twenty laborers had died already from exhaustion, mishaps, or rockslides, but Siescu could always replenish his work crews.
A large fire blazed in front of the destrar's tent, and he hunched close for warmth. Scavenging wood was not easy above treeline, but Siescu's men regularly delivered cartloads of split logs from the forests below. Thus the new road had already proved its worth.
A scrawny man trotted up to him wearing a large grin and patched furs; a long bow hung across his shoulders.MoreLess
By now, swarms of Urecari prisoners from the Alamont and Corag internment camps had cleared a large portion of the path. Sullen teams of slaves wielded heavy hammers, shovels, and pic...kaxes to widen the rock ledges. Twenty laborers had died already from exhaustion, mishaps, or rockslides, but Siescu could always replenish his work crews.
A large fire blazed in front of the destrar's tent, and he hunched close for warmth. Scavenging wood was not easy above treeline, but Siescu's men regularly delivered cartloads of split logs from the forests below. Thus the new road had already proved its worth.
A scrawny man trotted up to him wearing a large grin and patched furs; a long bow hung across his shoulders.MoreLess
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