Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 12 | 138 | The tuchuk, all in all, was a subtle and dangerous foe. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 12 | 135 | A thousand arrows could be loosed in an instant, like death rain, on a foe, and then the riders were gone. |
| 12 | 136 | And then, again, the storm of death might appear on another horizon, tiny dots on the horizon, and then, in moments, be upon one again. |
| 12 | 137 | And when the tuchuk did close it was the quiva in flight, and the light, black temwood lance, thrusting and drawing back, and thrusting again, often against a foe on foot, fleeing, being ridden down. |
| 12 | 138 | The tuchuk, all in all, was a subtle and dangerous foe. |
| 12 | 139 | His tactics tended to be executed swiftly, and precisely. |
| 12 | 140 | They might have been better known, had more survived to spread their fame. |
| 12 | 141 | Even his flight might well be a ruse, for one of his favorite tactics was the backward flighted arrow, loosed from the platform of the smooth-gaited kaiila. |
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A thousand arrows could be loosed in an instant, like death rain, on a foe, and then the riders were gone.
And then, again, the storm of death might appear on another horizon, tiny dots on the horizon, and then, in moments, be upon one again.
And when the tuchuk did close it was the quiva in flight, and the light, black temwood lance, thrusting and drawing back, and thrusting again, often against a foe on foot, fleeing, being ridden down.
The tuchuk, all in all, was a subtle and dangerous foe.
His tactics tended to be executed swiftly, and precisely.
They might have been better known, had more survived to spread their fame.
Even his flight might well be a ruse, for one of his favorite tactics was the backward flighted arrow, loosed from the platform of the smooth-gaited kaiila.
- (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter 12)