Read the first chapter of opens in a new windowThe Seventh Sigil, the latest novel in Margaret Weis and Robert Krammes’ Dragon Brigade series, publishing on September 23rd.
CHAPTER 1
I have resisted the calls of many in the Arcanum to install a standing army within the Citadel. I fear such an army could too easily be misused for political purposes.
Sister Marie Elizabeth, first provost of the Arcanum
The wyvern- drawn prison carriage transported Stephano de Guichen and
Rodrigo de Villeneuve to a makeshift wharf located only God and the Arcanum knew where. The terrain was isolated, rockbound. A yacht painted black and marked with the symbol of the Arcanum was the only boat docked at the wharf. The rain had let up and now the sun shone through gray, trailing mists. The time must be somewhere near mid afternoon. Only about an hour had passed since Stephano and his friend were accosted by the monks of Saint Klee, placed under arrest, and carried off in chains.