Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 57 | 63 | "Archers, shields!" blared a hand-held speaking tube on the corsair ship. |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 57 | 60 | The ideal points of purchase for grapnels, the likely targets of their application, had been partially sawed through, and, given the stress imposed by the straining ropes, these points, mostly railings, broke loose. |
| 57 | 61 | Thus, for most practical purposes, the grapnels, denied purchase, were useless. |
| 57 | 62 | Freed of the grapnels, the two ships, responsive to the physics of the sea, once more rocked apart. |
| 57 | 63 | "Archers, shields!" blared a hand-held speaking tube on the corsair ship. |
| 57 | 64 | "Screens up!" I cried. |
| 57 | 65 | Scarcely had I cried than the plank screens, hitherto unnoticed, were raised and set. |
| 57 | 66 | Across the water, the speaking tube fell to the deck and Thurnock refitted another arrow to his string. |
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The ideal points of purchase for grapnels, the likely targets of their application, had been partially sawed through, and, given the stress imposed by the straining ropes, these points, mostly railings, broke loose.
Thus, for most practical purposes, the grapnels, denied purchase, were useless.
Freed of the grapnels, the two ships, responsive to the physics of the sea, once more rocked apart.
"Archers, shields!" blared a hand-held speaking tube on the corsair ship.
"Screens up!" I cried.
Scarcely had I cried than the plank screens, hitherto unnoticed, were raised and set.
Across the water, the speaking tube fell to the deck and Thurnock refitted another arrow to his string.
- (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 57)