They found the valley which they had to ascend in going up to Kerak, a gloomy gorge, of the wildest and grandest character.
They drove away, and the Kerak major walked slowly back into the Embassy building.
The navigation dues formed part of the revenue of the lords of Kerak under the crusaders.
The coalition of star groups that Dulaq had constructed to keep the Kerak Worlds neutralized has broken apart completely.
Men whose only loyalty was not to the army, not even to the Kerak Worlds and their people, but to the chancellor himself.
