Book 5. (1 results) Assassin of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 22 | 482 | I had not View more quotes about seen">seen it, but I knew the sound of the passage of a bolt from a crossbow. |
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Book 5. (7 results) Assassin of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 22 | 479 | Trying to block in the wrong position he nearly hit the top of the edged ring and the startled bird was carried far out of the ring track and had to wheel to reenter the track. |
| 22 | 480 | The screams of the crowd were now deafening, though one could make out no words; the effect of the sound, as I flew through it, was, as I had often found it, a fascinating phenomenon, its pitch varying considerably, as one would expect, with my speed and position, particularly as I made the turns. |
| 22 | 481 | I heard a sudden hiss in the air and bent lower in the saddle. |
| 22 | 482 | I had not seen it, but I knew the sound of the passage of a bolt from a crossbow. |
| 22 | 483 | There were two more hisses. |
| 22 | 484 | "On!" I cried. |
| 22 | 485 | "On, Ubar of the Skies!" The bird, oblivious of the missiles, smote his way forward. |
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Trying to block in the wrong position he nearly hit the top of the edged ring and the startled bird was carried far out of the ring track and had to wheel to reenter the track.
The screams of the crowd were now deafening, though one could make out no words; the effect of the sound, as I flew through it, was, as I had often found it, a fascinating phenomenon, its pitch varying considerably, as one would expect, with my speed and position, particularly as I made the turns.
I heard a sudden hiss in the air and bent lower in the saddle.
I had not seen it, but I knew the sound of the passage of a bolt from a crossbow.
There were two more hisses.
"On!" I cried.
"On, Ubar of the Skies!" The bird, oblivious of the missiles, smote his way forward.
- (Assassin of Gor)