Story The Draught of Hatred Except he's going to die at the hand of his captured queen, Rosamund of the Gepids
Article Two Worlds Self-Immolate The seventh-century war of the Byzantines and Sassanid Iran devoured the East, as either empire fought in vain to triumph over death.
Article The Manuscript as Wound In 8th Century England, the monk Aeswith confronts the curse that's plagued him since his youth as he nears completion of an important psalter.
