Geometry of Souls

I know I should be working on the first book, In the Shadows; but I wrote up the opening for the Prologue for the second book, Geometry of Souls.  Here is a sample of the Opening for my second book in the Ashes of the Fallen Series which introduces a despicable character called the Necromancer.

GEOMETRY OF SOULS,  Prologue

      "A black figure stalked the deserted streets, his body completely covered by leather; from his boots to his gloved hands and body that ran up almost to his chin, over his head he wore a strange iron helmet with a long beak projecting out of it.  Within this metal beak that covered his mouth and nose were filled with herbal compounds to prevent diseases from infiltrating.   He heard it from that distance, the most disgusting sound to his ears, the bawling of a small child.  He stepped over the occasional corpse that littered the street  as he made his way towards that disgusting sound.  Beneath the mask he frowned as he had hoped the various plagues he had simultaneously released upon this small village would have yielded better results.   He supposed he should have felt grateful that at least this village had produced at least one successful test rat for him.   His time was running out, and he needed the cure for the most fatal of all diseases, mortality."