The monster. The Frenkisch Orc. Of course, Anne Reynolt was neither. She was a tall, slender woman – as much a human as Pham Nuwen or any of the far descendants of Earth. Now the carven legends on the Hammerfest walls had a clear translation. For years and years, Anne Reynolt had fought against Focus, her people driven back step by step, to that last redoubt in the mountains. Anne of Arnham! Now all that remained was the myth of a twisted monster … and the real monsters like Ritser Brughel, the descendants of the surviving Frenks, the conquered and the Focused.
