Much Fall Of Blood — Snippet 26
Manfred chuckled. “When you finished sorting them out I think my uncle could use your help in Mainz. No wonder Icelanders are known to be such prudent traders. It’s the way they keep records. Now let us go and find some wine. We’ve got quite a lot to tell you. And you might as well enjoy your kakotrigi now because I have a feeling that you are going to be joining the Venetian fleet shortly.”
THE SORCERESS OF KARRES — Snippet 47
“Actually,” said Pausert, “we might learn a thing or two from those incidents. In the meantime, I suggest you get some rain-gear and warm clothing. It’s both cold and wet out there. Goth — a word in your ear. You too, Leewit. Off you go, Mebeckey. I know I gave you one of those allweather cloaks I had left over.”
THE CRUCIBLE OF EMPIRE — Snippet 47
“Because,” Third/Half said, claws dripping with hot white gore, “it is too soon in the composition for another major note.”
Much Fall Of Blood — Snippet 25
Chapter 15
Maria was standing outside on the battlements of the Castel a Terra — it was one of little Alessia’s favorite walks — when she saw Manfred and Erik come up the hill from the newly anchored galleys. They were not hard to recognize. White blonde heads such as Erik’s were rare, and so were people of Manfred’s bulk. She smiled and took the now sleepy child back to their apartments in the vast castle complex.
THE SORCERESS OF KARRES — Snippet 46
Moments later, a flat sled-like craft slipped into view, with half a dozen of the gray creatures on board. They took cover, except for the one gray man who took careful aim with some sort of heavy weapon on the sled.
THE CRUCIBLE OF EMPIRE — Snippet 46
PART IV: THE BATTLE
Chapter 16
Third-Note-Ascending was having trouble integrating with her mate again. Manifesting at a mere half-tone above Third’s own mental signature, Third-and-a-Half-Note-Ascending was keeping his distance so that their mental fields could not properly synchronize. It was a willful act on his part, she was quite sure, not something over which he had no control. Like many males, he was finding the needs of sexual submission unsettling.
Much Fall Of Blood — Snippet 24
Chapter 14
Elizabeth Bartholdy was in a towering rage. Whip in hand she stood astride the dwarf’s recumbent body. “You fool! How could you let him escape?”
THE CRUCIBLE OF EMPIRE — Snippet 45
Caitlin swayed. “Oh, my God!” She glanced around at the busy command crew, mostly Jao but sprinkled with humans. Lights blinked. Displays flicked from setting to setting. Business as usual. Each crew member seemed focused upon his or her task, apparently unconcerned that they might all be dead in a few minutes.
THE SORCERESS OF KARRES — Snippet 45
Chapter 23
The ground was coming up entirely too fast. Goth saw how, face impassive, intent with concentration, Captain Pausert fired the main tubes in a sequential burst sending the Venture corkscrewing but slowing. Their plunge to the grey-green vegetation slowed. The Venture swung over onto her side, and the captain fired the laterals on full thrust.
THE CRUCIBLE OF EMPIRE — Snippet 44
Chapter 15
Mallu heeded the summons to Spine C for additional training, reporting with Jalta, Kaln, and the rest of his reduced Krant crew. His own position as Gun C-Eleven’s captain was much more interesting than he had first thought. The great kinetic weapons packed immense force and he could see how they might even be more effective in some situations than energy weapons for which the Ekhat would have shields.
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