Driven on by the strangest sense of destiny, a feeling he had never encountered before in his life,...

Driven on by the strangest sense of destiny, a feeling he had never encountered before in his life, Trebane did not even scan the area for savages, his determination carrying him far beyond any sort of fear. If, however, he had chanced to look around, kept low and checked for danger, he would have found none. All of a sudden, the jungle was entirely devoid of movement, empty of even the insects and birds, whose unruly sounds had filled the past nights with noise. Respect, or fear, of the musi...