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Copyright © Thomas Williams 2017
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Cover illustration by Joe McLaren
Maps by Martin Brown
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Source ISBN: 9780008171933
Ebook Edition © September 2017 ISBN: 9780008171940
Version: 2018-06-25
FOR Z
Storms break on stone-strewn slopes,
Snows falling, the ground enfettered,
the howling of winter. Then darkness awakens,
deepens the night-shadow, sends from the north
a harsh hail-harrying bringing terror to men.
The Wanderer (tenth century)1
Contents
1 Outsiders from Across the Water
