Was it the beauty of the land stretched far below their feet that robbed them of their senses? This world felt so different, to say nothing of the amulets that took the bite out of the wintry world. Three, unable to go on, lay tied to the dogsleds. Some of the men had lost their nerve and were blindfolded-the sight of the chasm had been too much for them. On the right loomed the sheer rock wall, and the sky directly overhead was a radiant blue.

On the left, the cliff dropped away into an abyss so deep that the men felt already as if they were high in the sky. The path twisted among rocky crags before rising along the face of a precipitous cliff. At first, their route had taken them through forests and along the gently rising slopes of the foothills, but it soon grew harder. The army had been making its way uphill for a day and a half. First published in English by AmazonCrossing in 2019.Īmazon, the Amazon logo, and AmazonCrossing are trademarks of, Inc., or its affiliates.Ĭover design by Mike Heath | Magnus Creativeĭuke Alfadas looked back down the long, winding path they had been following for hours. Previously published as Elfenwinter: Elfen 2 by Heyne Verlag in Germany in 2014. No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher. Translation copyright © 2019 by Edwin Miles Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Names, characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

Die Elfen by Bernhard Hennen