Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 15 | They had prepared themselves for what portended to be their last battle. |
| 6 | 16 | The eve was dark. |
| 6 | 17 | But when the soldiers of Lord Yamada, with the first light, with fixed banners and brandished glaives, crying out, swarmed to the shore, they found the beach empty. |
| 6 | 18 | In this I detected the work of priest-kings, and a wager, perhaps for the stakes of a world's surface, with Kurii. |
| 6 | 19 | I knew little of what was occurring, but suspected there were battles behind battles. |
| 6 | 20 | I suspected the surface of Gor lay at issue. |
| 6 | 21 | It was a speculation that priest-kings and Kurii, weary of skirmishes, of indecision, of stalemates, of continual intrusions and probes, had proposed, if not agreed upon, a game of men, a drawing of cards or a casting of dice, on the outcome of which depended a coveted prize, the surface of a world. |
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They had prepared themselves for what portended to be their last battle.
The eve was dark.
But when the soldiers of Lord Yamada, with the first light, with fixed banners and brandished glaives, crying out, swarmed to the shore, they found the beach empty.
In this I detected the work of priest-kings, and a wager, perhaps for the stakes of a world's surface, with Kurii.
I knew little of what was occurring, but suspected there were battles behind battles.
I suspected the surface of Gor lay at issue.
It was a speculation that priest-kings and Kurii, weary of skirmishes, of indecision, of stalemates, of continual intrusions and probes, had proposed, if not agreed upon, a game of men, a drawing of cards or a casting of dice, on the outcome of which depended a coveted prize, the surface of a world.
- (Rebels of Gor, Chapter )