Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 19 | 46 | The View more quotes about point">point of the sharpened impaling post lay near her. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 19 | 43 | The tarn's steel-shod talons struck the marble roof of the cylinder with a flash of sparks. |
| 19 | 44 | The great wings smote the air twice, raising a small hurricane that caused the startled onlookers to stagger backward. |
| 19 | 45 | Lying on the ground, bound hand and foot, still clad in the white robe, was Talena. |
| 19 | 46 | The point of the sharpened impaling post lay near her. |
| 19 | 47 | As the tarn had landed, her executioners, two burly, hooded magistrates, had scrambled to their feet and fled to safety. |
| 19 | 48 | The Initiates themselves do not execute their victims, as the shedding of blood is forbidden by those beliefs they regard as sacred. |
| 19 | 49 | Now, helpless, Talena lay almost within the wing span of my tarn, so near to me and yet a world away. |
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The tarn's steel-shod talons struck the marble roof of the cylinder with a flash of sparks.
The great wings smote the air twice, raising a small hurricane that caused the startled onlookers to stagger backward.
Lying on the ground, bound hand and foot, still clad in the white robe, was Talena.
The point of the sharpened impaling post lay near her.
As the tarn had landed, her executioners, two burly, hooded magistrates, had scrambled to their feet and fled to safety.
The Initiates themselves do not execute their victims, as the shedding of blood is forbidden by those beliefs they regard as sacred.
Now, helpless, Talena lay almost within the wing span of my tarn, so near to me and yet a world away.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)