I wake up because it's hard to breathe. Damn, it feels like it's boiling hot around me. Did I mess up when I connected the thermocouples? I crawl out of my makeshift shelter, but it's not much easier “outside.”...

Kahn was right about one thing, though: I am a fugitive.After years on the run, I had developed something like a sixth sense — a premonition that screamed at me to get out when things were getting too hot....

I had to leave Tolosa immediately. Staying in that part of Gaul any longer was too dangerous. Kahn had connections, and his reach extended far inland, but I would be safe from him in the North.First, though, I needed...