Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 14 | 159 | There was a rim of red View more quotes about light">light over the mountains, and I knew it was nearly dawn. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 14 | 156 | Daring everything, I leaped in the darkness for the reins of the bird and with one scrambling hand managed to seize the guiding collar. |
| 14 | 157 | The sudden tug downward caused the bird to respond as I had hoped it would, as if pressure had been exerted on the four-strap. |
| 14 | 158 | It immediately descended, and a minute later I was on the ground, on a sort of rough plateau. |
| 14 | 159 | There was a rim of red light over the mountains, and I knew it was nearly dawn. |
| 14 | 160 | My ankles were still fastened to the bird, and I quickly untied the ropes. |
| 14 | 161 | In the first streak of the early light I saw a few hundred yards away what I had hoped to find—the saddle and twisted body of the tarnsman. |
| 14 | 162 | I released the bird, ran to the saddle, and removed the crossbow which, to my joy, was intact. |
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Daring everything, I leaped in the darkness for the reins of the bird and with one scrambling hand managed to seize the guiding collar.
The sudden tug downward caused the bird to respond as I had hoped it would, as if pressure had been exerted on the four-strap.
It immediately descended, and a minute later I was on the ground, on a sort of rough plateau.
There was a rim of red light over the mountains, and I knew it was nearly dawn.
My ankles were still fastened to the bird, and I quickly untied the ropes.
In the first streak of the early light I saw a few hundred yards away what I had hoped to find—the saddle and twisted body of the tarnsman.
I released the bird, ran to the saddle, and removed the crossbow which, to my joy, was intact.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)