Setting a course for the Bosporus Strait at the western end of the Black Sea, the ship skirted the coast of Crimea until the besieged city of Caffa came in view. "My God," Aelfred moaned, "what are they doing?" Wulfgar rested a hand on his son\'s shoulder, "They are burying the living beneath the dead." Alarmed by the women\'s cries, the men watched as huge stacks of plague corpses catapulted over th.
Immediately, the crew and passengers rushed to the starboard rail to witness the unfolding horror.
Setting a course for the Bosporus Strait at the western end of the Black Sea, the ship skirted the coast of Crimea until the besieged city of Caffa came in view