The Bones of Zora

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THE CLASH

The Krishnan stepped forward in a fencing stance. Reith bored in, lunging, thrusting, and parrying. The swords clanged and whirled, spattering raindrops. Once Reith slipped on the mud but, straining every sinew, recovered before his antagonist could take advantage of the error.

Reith feinted at the Krishnan's midriff. The Krishnan whipped his blade around in the parry in seconde, turning his hand from supine to prone. But Reith had been well drilled in the counter to this maneuver: he doubled and drove his sword into the Krishnan's chest ...

L. SPRAGUE de CAMP

CATHERINE CROOK de CAMP

THE BONES

OF ZORA

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