SwordBreaker - Sword-Dancer, Bk 4 Author:Jennifer Roberson Pursued and Possessed By Evil — Pursued by assassins and with Tiger's sword possessed by evil sorcery, can Tiger and Del defy death long enough to find the one power which might save them? — Accused of murdering a man the Southron tribes believe to be their messiah, but who is actually the slayer of Del's family, Tiger and Del flee across the dead... more »ly Punja desert, hunted by religious zealots and sword-dancer assassins. But evading death by assassins' blades is only one of the challenges they face. For Tiger's sword, Samiel, has been possessed by the spirit of a deadly sorcerer, Chosa Dei - a wizard out of legend with the power to unmake the entire world, a master of evil who seeks to mold Tiger into his ultimate weapon of destruction.
Tiger and Del have only one hope left - to find and gain the help of Chasa Dei's equally powerful counterpart and sworn enemy, Shaka Obre. But Shaka Obre has not been seen in the world for hundreds of years, and it may be beyond even the combined magical abilities of Tiger and Del to find this wizard who is their only chance for salvation.... -----
When Sword answered spell-storm--
"I felt it before I heard it: a thrumming, numbing, gut-deep tingle that rattled the bones of my elbows and threatened to shatter wrists. The power I sensed was sweet, seductive, oh so attractive. It knew me. It knew my song. I had quenched it, then requenched, and we were doubly bonded now.
And then the power changed. The essence surrounding me winked out, and I felt something else burst into flame to take its place. Something very strong. Something very angry.
It sheeted down from the sword, corruscatiing like heat lightning across the Punja's horizon. Black light. Black light. And yet it glowed. It flooded down the blade, tapped tentatively at my hands upon the grip, then flowed downward again, engulfing fingers, hands, writsts.
I swore, I said something very rude. Because I was, abruptly, more firghtened than I had ever been before.