The Floodgate - Elaine Cunningham
Forgotten Realms
Counselors Kings 02 - The
Floodgate
Prelude
The battle had turned against the laraken. The monster knew this, itsenemies did not. They continued to fight with the frenzy peculiar to brave men who wish to die well.
Men had come into the Swamp of Akhlaur before, but these warriors were armed not with enchantments but with wicked swords and pikes and arrows. With them was a strangely familiar elf woman who was neither food nor foe.
The laraken advanced, shrieking like the ...