I Read Stories: Terror Above Icehenge by Malcolm T North
Terror Above Icehenge by Malcolm T North as part of the Chain Story Project Oona, a former royal, Clegg, a mercenary, and Brodhi, a thief, are climbing the mountain pass to Icehenge. There the Drunthuli people are holding a religious festival. Things start to go wrong when their god, Rocander, appears. It’s a giant reptilian vulture and the priest is going to sacrifice a young girl to it. The three intervene and Oona, in an effort to protect the girl, is carried away by Rocander. She’s taken to the mountaintop lair of Corydonus of the Amythest Skull, a sorcerer whose experiments require girls. He’s an evil wizard with a staff that can shock Oona, incapacitating her. She will require all her wits as well as her strength to escape – and some help on top of it. This is adventure fiction in the classic pulp style, fast moving swords and sorcery. Lightly updated for the 21 st century – if anything even faster moving, yet still atmospheric, not choosing to dwell on the some o...
