ON THE FJORDS OF ASGARD, SERVIUS AURELIUS SANTINI CONFRONTS A HORROR FROM THE DEEPS...
...But he lost the words as his mind filled with a blinding light cast by the aquamarine brilliance of the Codex Lacrimae, and a last, fleeting vision of Clarinda -- no It couldn't be a real image, could it? Were nixies taking her from Skioblaonir and back to the battle?
God, please. Where are you?
He saw the faint aquamarine glow on his braces beneath the fjord's surface.
In that sinister tome were the words that he needed at this moment. Words apparently more immediate,...