Voyage With Jason: Part 6

By KEN CATRAN, Illustrator NICK STATHOPOULOS

His dagger pricked under my chin. I had a moment to nod and say, yes. But my father had drowned; I would not work on a death-ship. So I brought my hammer down hard on his toe and ducked under his arm.It was a mad thing to do.

Thegus had bought my apprenticeship from my uncle and was my lawful master. Scrambling across the narrow plank to the jetty, I heard his roar of murderous anger. I still clutched a handful of the pegs, dropping some as I ran.

'I will gut you for this!' he yelled.

I dared a glance back. He was bounding after me, shaggy-bearded and glaring like all the fates. Glancing back was wrong; I ducked into an alley and hit up against a wagonload of planks bound for Argus.

Publisher: Lothian

Price: $17.95

Age group: 11 years plus