Halt eyed them balefully. They were all being so obvious about not mentioning his sudden reappearance that it was even worse than if they had commented on it…’Oh, go on!’ he said. ‘Somebody say something!...

Gundar, seeing Halt upright for the first time in two days, stumped up the deck to join them.’Back on your feet then?’ he boomed cheerfully, with typical Skandian tact. ‘By Gorlag’s toenails, with all the...

There is always some truth to fiction.

The Mayflower sped across the white-tipped waves once the voyage was under way, and the passengers were quickly afflicted with seasickness. The crew took great delight in the sufferings of the landlubbers and tormented them...