VOLUME FOUR – THE WEIGHT OF POWER
Chapter 1 – The Ruins of Solgrim
The town was far from being in its best condition. The work left behind as a result of the battling could not have been called insignificant. Two weeks had already passed, and still it showed no signs of being close to finished.
Queen Asabel, her General Blackthorn and their thousand soldiers had departed, leaving Solgrim firmly once more in the hands of the Patrick men. By the time they had made such a departure, news once more arrived from their battlefront to the east, confirming that General Blackwell had successfully captured the first of the cities – Qizi – without any resistance. It seemed a sure enough sign that things were proceeding according to the promise that Khan wielded.
