Chapter One
Part I
The Waters Beneath the World
On the stony west shore of Roin Ieniesse, Fren MeqLier met Saint Jeroin the Mariner, and in Saint Jeroin’s ship they passed over the western waves through sleet and fog until they came to a bleak shore and a dark forest.
“That is the Wood Beyond the World,” Saint Jeroin told him. “Take care that when you step from the boat, your boot does not strike the water. If you but touch the waves, you will forget everything you have ever known.”
—From Frenn Rey eise: A Tale of Saint Frenn Told on Skern, Sacritor Roger Bishop
The Dark Lady took Alzarez by the hand and pointed at the river.
“Drink from that,” she said, “and you will be like the dead, without memory or sin.”
Then she pointed to a bubbling spring.
“Drink there, and you will know more than any mortal.”
Alzarez looked at both.
“B ...
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