by Drak Bibliophile | Feb 24, 2020 | FreerSnippet, Snippets
The Shaman of Karres – Snippet 05 “Try to make a modification on the klatha cocoon I put you and Goth into. An airtight one,” said Pausert. He started working through the klatha patterns in his mind… a change there… “Move them across in those...
by Drak Bibliophile | Feb 21, 2020 | FreerSnippet, Snippets
The Shaman of Karres – Snippet 04 Pausert looked anxiously at his instruments, but except for the fleeing life-craft, they showed nothing. The other dream things. In that piece of the ship “Pirates left their friends, did they?” said the Leewit....
by Drak Bibliophile | Feb 19, 2020 | FreerSnippet, Snippets
The Shaman of Karres – Snippet 03 Chapter 1 When the shriek of space-alarms is welcome, things are pretty rotten, Captain Pausert reflected. He’d been near to dozing in the control chair on the Venture 7333. That was a good thing considering how little...
by Drak Bibliophile | Feb 17, 2020 | FreerSnippet, Snippets
The Shaman of Karres – Snippet 02 “And they’re the bad guys?” asked Pausert, glad to have that at least clear. Threbus pulled a face. “Actually… no. The other side are probably what we’d consider ‘the bad guys’. The...
by Drak Bibliophile | Feb 14, 2020 | FreerSnippet, Snippets
The Shaman of Karres – Snippet 01 The Shaman of Karres By Eric Flint and Dave Freer To the world’s ambulance and paramedic volunteers. True shamans. Prelude The Leewit was unsettled. She usually dealt with that by going up as high as possible and breaking...
by Drak Bibliophile | Dec 5, 2018 | 1632Snippet, FreerSnippet, Snippets
This book should be available now, so this is the last snippet. All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 53 The officers were not talking–not while they were together. But their troopers were much less reticent, and quite happy to spill. There were five thousand...
by Drak Bibliophile | Dec 3, 2018 | 1632Snippet, FreerSnippet, Snippets
All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 52 “I suspect they’ll try to get men on this side, to attack the bridge from the flanks, and hit the outposts hard with the cavalry, and hope that in the retreat there’ll be enough chaos on the bridge to take...
by Drak Bibliophile | Nov 30, 2018 | 1632Snippet, FreerSnippet, Snippets
All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 51 Chapter 28 The Duchy of Milan, the eastern frontier Francisco rode out that afternoon, having had Kazimierz approved by Sforza, and the matter handed on to various functionaries. The man who claims the name of Kazimierz,...
by Drak Bibliophile | Nov 28, 2018 | 1632Snippet, FreerSnippet, Snippets
All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 50 “And on the other side of the Po?” asked Francisco, taking his commander’s pulse. It was faster than it should be. It was easier to keep him talking for as long as possible, while he got the examination...
by Drak Bibliophile | Nov 26, 2018 | 1632Snippet, FreerSnippet, Snippets
All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 49 “Venice is sitting out a perfectly good war with Milan? That is surprising.” His grandfather shrugged. “It’s one I plan to sit out if they do, at least while I wait to see what is happening, and can...
by Drak Bibliophile | Nov 23, 2018 | 1632Snippet, FreerSnippet, Snippets
All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 48 Chapter 25 Corfu The Venetian fleet, storm-battered and tired, limped into Corfu harbor, having had to make back most of the distance they’d been blown south under oars. Several of the vessels would have to remain in...
by Drak Bibliophile | Nov 21, 2018 | 1632Snippet, FreerSnippet, Snippets
All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 47 “And can you provide those?” asked Francisco, who had reached his own conclusions. The bookseller looked at him from under heavy-lidded eyes. “Can I make gold from base metal? What do you think, Caviliero?...
by Drak Bibliophile | Nov 19, 2018 | 1632Snippet, FreerSnippet, Snippets
All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 46 She smiled at them, “Good morning, úr,” she said, in heavily accented Frankish–and not with the Italian accent, either. Hungarian, by the honorific. Francisco was dressed well enough for the woman to grant...
by Drak Bibliophile | Nov 14, 2018 | 1632Snippet, FreerSnippet, Snippets
All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 44 **** But by the time he arrived at the hamlet of Cerlongo, some miles from Goito, and just inside the lands held by his troops, to meet his sappers and siege cannon, he was so exhausted he merely gave the orders and went to...
by Drak Bibliophile | Nov 12, 2018 | 1632Snippet, FreerSnippet, Snippets
All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 43 Chapter 23 The borders of the duchy of Milan Duke Umberto’s finest men marched toward the town of Fidenza, which had so recently been taken from the Parman forces. His pennants fluttered bravely on their lances, as the...
