<영어로 읽는 고전 SF 소설 _ 폴 앤더슨의 거친 바다의 마녀>
"거친 바다의 마녀"는 폴 앤더슨(Poul Anderson)이 쓴 소설이다. 이 작품은 해적 이야기와 판타지 요소를 결합한 소설로, 1951년에 발표되었다. 이 책은 우주 여행과 마술이 혼합된 흥미진진한 이야기다. 해상에서의 모험, 신비한 마법, 그리고 캐릭터 간의 갈등이 이 작품의 중요한 요소다. 폴 앤더슨은 이 소설을 통해 많은 독자들에게 재미와 모험을 선사하고 있다.


“The Witch of the Rough Sea” is a novel written by Poul Anderson. This work is a novel that combines pirate stories and fantasy elements, and was published in 1951. This book is an exciting story that mixes space travel and magic. Adventures at sea, mysterious magic, and conflict between characters are important elements of this work. Paul Anderson is providing fun and adventure to many readers through this novel.

Summary
Guide a black galleon to the lost, fear-haunted Citadel of the Xanthi wizards?into the very jaws of Doom? Corun, condemned pirate of Conahur, laughed. Aye, he'd do it, and gladly.
It would mean a reprieve from the headsman's axe?a few more precious moments of life
and love ... though his lover be a witch!

Khroman the Conqueror, Thalassocrat of Achaera, stood watching his guards bring up the captured pirates. He was a huge man, his hair and square-cut beard jet-black despite middle age, the strength of his warlike youth still in his powerful limbs. He wore a plain white tunic and purple-trimmed cloak; the only sign of kingship was the golden chaplet on his head and the signet ring on one finger. In the gaudy crowd of slender, chattering courtiers, he stood out with a brutal contrast.
"So they've finally captured him," he rumbled. "So we're finally rid of Corun and his sea-going bandits. Maybe now the land will have some peace."

Contents
CHAPTER I. Khroman the Conqueror
CHAPTER II. The cell was no longer than a man's height
CHAPTER III. When he came out on deck in the early morning
CHAPTER IV. Rain and wind came
CHAPTER V. Under a hot sullen sky
CHAPTER VI. The castle stood atop one of the high gray cliffs
CHAPTER VII. Day crept past in a blindness of rain
CHAPTER VIII. Down a long curving ramp
CHAPTER IX. The first explosion came as a muffled roar
CHAPTER X. He woke up