The result was an entire town that looked more like a model built by a little boy out of scraps he gathered in his back yard.
Many of the houses had collapsed or sunk down into the earth, but someone else just built another one on top of the pile. Each building had been cobbled together from driftwood and parts scavenged from shipwrecks, so Jyrine and her father walked between walls of warped wood and crusty ropes. The town was in even worse shape than its citizens. She pictured him wearing fish on his feet like shoes, and she giggled. Every time he took a step, something wet slapped against the pavement. An old man passed them, covered in a full-body cloak of burlap, limping like his left leg was broken.
She’d never been to this city before, but she didn’t think she liked it-everything smelled like fish, and the people didn’t know how to walk. Jyrine Tessella held her father’s hand as they walked down the street. From the Navigator’s Guild report on Sleepless activity in the Aion Sea In case you don’t, I’d advise you to back up and read the first story in this series.Įlder cults find their recruits in the ways you would expect: through bribery, misinformation, brainwashing, preying on the emotionally weak, and exploiting the uneducated.īut we’ve discovered a few, a very few, who join such cults because they truly believe that the Elders will somehow save us.
If you’ve read Of Sea and Shadow, then I’m sure you already know how these books work. Of Dawn and Darkness was written in parallel to Of Darkness and Dawn, which takes place at the same time from a different perspective. Right now, you’re reading the second book in the Elder Empire series. To Ian, who first asked me when the book was coming out.