Spirits in the hills : a story of Anamat

Sovara listens for any threat to the dragons, the life force of the land. She overhears foreigners plotting to raid the dragon�s gate, close to the village of her birth, a place she left decades before. She rallies her secret society of swordsmen to block the invaders, but sets out with only her least-amiable brother-in-arms and one green apprentice � a scouting party to battle a merchant army. This short story is a prequel to The Fall of Anamat, a trilogy of novels in which four friends try to save their fading world. In the governor's palace, Sovara poses as a maid. She listens for any threat to the dragons, the life force of the land. One night, she overhears foreigners plotting to raid one of the dragons' gates, close to the village of her birth, which she left decades ago