There!
Horn watched and waited until he was sure the faint gleam was actually moving against its glittering backdrop. Within that point of light he had been born, and had grown almost to manhood. Within that point of light Sinew had been conceived, in all probability, in the Caldé's Palace. It did not seem possible.
Almost too quickly to be noticed, something dark flitted between Horn and the whorl that had been his; and he shuddered.
THE END
Table of Contents
Book Three
Chapter 1 The Slaves of Scylla
Chapter 3 A Tessera for the Tunnel
Chapter 7 Where Thelx Holds Up a Mirror
Book Four
Chapter 3 The First Theophany on Thelxday
Chapter 5 The Man from Mainframe
Chapter 14 The Best Thieves in the Whorl