"Not so fast," Isbjörg said. She had nocked an arrow and pulled it back close to her ear so the fletching brushed her cheek. "There's two of us and only one of you. I think we deserve more tha half the treasure."

"I halted before the bend. Only a dozen feet was left between me and the freedom: I could almost see the plain behind the mountains of obstacles. The hardest task was still waiting for me though."

Suzan finds out that the world is stranger than she thought. After a mysterious warrior comes to her rescue, her life will never be the same. Their fates intertwined, both will have to find a way out of a dangerous intrigue. But a way home will be long...

Mr. Comb-Over and his grim-faced wife

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The prologue to my in-progress science fantasy novel, Dream of a Thousand Stars.