The Place of Stars and Bones

A man alone, his memory a blank, movesnorth across a stark and desolate plane.Though unable to recall why, he is compelledto go on, trudging steadily beneathan endless star-filled sky. Before himsprawls a nightmare landscape filledwith animate corpses, massive carnal heaps,dead cities, and the last remnants of a racebent on its own self-destruction. To discoverhis unknown destination the lone traveler willhave to face them all.

From the Inside Flap

WALKING CARRION I split the skull of the firstcorpse to wrench itself free of the polje. My blade bit through fragile bone,shatt-ering its crown and sending its teeth in all directions. Down throughspine and ribs my sword descended, bisecting the ambulatory collection ofbones. When my blade came free the thing fell away from me, hacked in two. Itstruck the ground with a clatter, scattering its bones across the crackedsurface of the plain. Into its place stepped three more walking heaps ofcarrion.I cutthe legs from the nearest and, as it fell, used my momentum to split the secondfrom shoulder to hip. I adjusted my stance, blade still in motion, and broughtthe third low with a blow to the neck. All three hit the polje in rapidsuccession, breaking to pieces as they fell. Before the bits of these spectralcadavers had skittered to a stop, I charged.

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