Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
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I could feel the heat from where I stood.
44
222
The air was acrid, and stinging.
44
223
Men coughed, many seeking the ladders and stairs to the ground below.
44
224
The object had passed over us, and a moment later there was an explosion in the courtyard below and behind the parapets, and a geyser of dust sprang up behind us, and, almost at the same time, a twisting skewer of fire tore forth from what seemed a maw of the thing, and a segment of the castle roof, the keep of the holding, was afire.
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225
The large object then ascended into the sky, swiftly, smoothly, much as a floatable object submerged will ascend to the surface when released.
44
226
I had not seen such a movement in many years.
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The sight of this thing, the noise, the smoke, and flames, the spillage of rocks and the spumes of dust, brought the tarn cavalry wheeling about, to do battle, to protect the holding.
I could feel the heat from where I stood.
The air was acrid, and stinging.
Men coughed, many seeking the ladders and stairs to the ground below.
The object had passed over us, and a moment later there was an explosion in the courtyard below and behind the parapets, and a geyser of dust sprang up behind us, and, almost at the same time, a twisting skewer of fire tore forth from what seemed a maw of the thing, and a segment of the castle roof, the keep of the holding, was afire.
The large object then ascended into the sky, swiftly, smoothly, much as a floatable object submerged will ascend to the surface when released.
I had not seen such a movement in many years.
The sight of this thing, the noise, the smoke, and flames, the spillage of rocks and the spumes of dust, brought the tarn cavalry wheeling about, to do battle, to protect the holding.
- (Rebels of Gor, Chapter )