Clutched in its fingers was a giant black pearl, twice the size of a man’s head. Above this sacrificial surface rested a giant clawed hand, apparently made of silver or platinum. In the middle of the floor rested a giant altar, caked with blood so ancient it was black, and inches thick. The floor was inscribed with arcane runes.
Four huge columns supported the ceiling, carved stone showing human skulls entangled by tentacles. The “ empty window” dominated the center of the images as it had before. Three walls were lined with human skulls and the fourth was tiled with a huge mosaic depicting the same tableaux as the bas-reliefs they had seen at the entrance to the temple.
He pushed aside the door to reveal yet another square room. He pushed slightly and peeked through the crack. James tested the latch and it clicked open. At the far side of the hall was a pair of doors. There was a consistent look of evil to all of them. Heroic statues - of figures garbed in warrior dress or robes - stood atop pedestals placed at regular intervals around the floor. Some depicted humans, but many did not, and James didn’t recognize all the races memorialized in stone. Instead of containing skeletal warriors, these niches held statues. Room, all four walls of which contained niches every few feet. “Why?” “Please.” James glanced from Jazhara to Yusuf, then said, “ I’ll be It is not safe at present to see, but when it is done it will expand our capacities, and will include better quarters for the children.” James was about to speak, when Jazhara said, “James, may I have a moment alone with this gentleman?” James was surprised. “Ah, the second floor is under construction - we make improvements. “What about up there?” he asked, pointing at the stairs. But this smacked of something close to slavery and James wasn’t convinced this man Yusef was what he seemed. Feist.The first novel in The Riftwar Legacy, it was first published in November 1998.It is a novelization of the computer game Betrayal at Krondor. What would else you have me do? Put them back on the streets?” Children working to support their families were nothing new in the Kingdom. Krondor: The Betrayal is a fantasy novel by American writer Raymond E.
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When this shipment is done, I shall send them to their beds and they will be free tomorrow to sleep then, when they awake they shall have a day of rest and play. This is not unusual in my trade, but I assure you most nights these children would be safely asleep. It may not be the extravagance that you would be used to, but, as the wise men taught us, poverty is food to a righteous man, while luxury can be a slow poison.” He inclined his head toward the children. They have a roof over their heads, and hot meals, and clothes. I may be unable to provide for the children as I would like, but even I have a heart.
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