WITH SHUDDERING RELIEF, I FELT them find their own grip on the ledge.

Opening my eyes, I stared down to see them standing on the very edge, arms wrapped around each other, their eyes wide as they watched the shingle shoal roaring around them.

The centaurs edged their way along the path as far as they could then with the only two lengths of rope we'd brought, tied them together, lowering it to the two on the ledge. While they helped Rashid and Leseach back to the path, I ...