Lord of Slaughter
M.D. Lachlan
- On
- a
- battlefield
- strewn
- with
- corpses,
- a
- ragged
- figure,
- dressed
- in
- wolfskin
- and
- intent
- on
- death,
- slips
- past
- the
- guards
- into
- the
- tent
- of
- the
- Emperor
- and
- draws
- his
- sword.The
- terrified
- citizens
- of
- Constantinople
- are
- plagued
- by
- mysterious
- sorcery.
- The
- wolves
- outside
- the
- city
- are
- howling.
- A
- young
- boy
- had
- traded
- the
- lives
- of
- his
- family
- for
- power.
- And
- a
- Christian
- scholar,
- fleeing
- with
- his
- pregnant
- wife
- from
- her
- enraged
- father,
- must
- track
- down
- the
- magic
- threatening
- his
- world.All
- paths
- lead
- to
- the
- squalid
- and
- filthy
- prison
- deep
- below
- the
- city,
- where
- a
- man
- who
- believes
- he
- is
- a
- wolf
- lies
- chained,
- and
- the
- spirits
- of
- the
- dead
- are
- waking.The
- Norsemen
- camped
- outside
- the
- city
- have
- their
- own
- legends,
- of
- the
- wolf
- who
- will
- kill
- the
- gods,
- but
- no
- true
- Christian
- could
- believe
- such
- a
- thing.And
- yet
- it
- is
- clear
- to
- Loys
- that
- Ragnarok
- is
- coming.
- Will
- he
- be
- prepared
- to
- sacrifice
- his
- life,
- his
- position,
- his
- wife
- and
- his
- unborn
- child
- for
- a
- god
- he
- doesn't
- believe
- in?And
- deep
- in
- the
- earth,
- the
- wolfman
- howls ...
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