The Ancient EnemyYoung watermot Thru Gillo leaves behind the life of a farmer and becomes a student of the Assenzi, a race of scholars. Among them, he learns the history of his race and how Man the Cruel destroyed the world before disappearing into the mists of time and legend. But have they really disappeared? |
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Page 262
... fighting ? " " Oh yes , Melidofulo , fighting and much slaughter . First , at Bilauk , on the Creton coast , we found the entire population dead . Their bodies gone , their heads piled on the jetty . " Melidofulo looked at them , and ...
... fighting ? " " Oh yes , Melidofulo , fighting and much slaughter . First , at Bilauk , on the Creton coast , we found the entire population dead . Their bodies gone , their heads piled on the jetty . " Melidofulo looked at them , and ...
Page 380
... fighting . How had an attack arrived so quickly ? The enemy lines were half a mile distant , and the watch had been so keen . It seemed impossible . The men ahead of him had stopped . Something had held up the whole column that was ...
... fighting . How had an attack arrived so quickly ? The enemy lines were half a mile distant , and the watch had been so keen . It seemed impossible . The men ahead of him had stopped . Something had held up the whole column that was ...
Page 397
... fighting . Sometimes she heard vague crashing in the distance , like storm waves on a beach ; at other times there ... fighting , but the guards will not speak to me . Will you tell me what has been happening ? " " Well , there has been ...
... fighting . Sometimes she heard vague crashing in the distance , like storm waves on a beach ; at other times there ... fighting , but the guards will not speak to me . Will you tell me what has been happening ? " " Well , there has been ...
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Admiral Heuze Aeswiren army arrow Assenzi attack ball beach Belit Bilauk Biswas Blitzers boats brilbies Burok Captain Chiknulba Chooks and Beetles Cormorant Rock Creton dark door Dronned dune enemy eyes face Farblow feet felt fight Filek fireship fleet Forjal Game Tree gone Graedon Growler Grys Norvory Guild hand head heard Highnoth Iallia kill knew Land Laughing Fish live looked Lushtan mats Melidofulo monkeys mother moved night nodded Nuza Oromi Pern Treevi polder priests pulled purdah pyluk Raltt Regiment road roared Rukkh scream seapond Shasht shield ship side Simona smile spear Spirit stared stone stood sword Tamf things thought Thru Gillo Thru's took Toshak trail Tramine trees turned Uisbank Ulghrum Utnapishtim village waiting wall Ware Warkeen watched waterbush women's deck wounds Zuik