Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 47 | 13 | Men killed one View more quotes about another">another for a place on the thwarts. |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 47 | 10 | The corsair ships did not risk coming within range of the peasant archery but sent forth a small fleet of longboats to ferry their mercenaries to the safety of the ships. |
| 47 | 11 | These boats were few and overcrowded, and largely exposed to arrow fire. |
| 47 | 12 | We saw two swamped and overturned. |
| 47 | 13 | Men killed one another for a place on the thwarts. |
| 47 | 14 | Several cast aside helmets, weapons, and shields and tried to swim to the waiting ships. |
| 47 | 15 | Several may have drowned but others were clearly drawn under the water, the churning and frenzy in the water apparently having attracted marine predators, presumably sharks or the snakelike sea tharlarion. |
| 47 | 16 | Many others, hundreds, backs to the sea, shields lifted, must stay indefinitely in place, trusting to the return of the crews of the longboats, few of which, it seemed, cared, for their fees, to hazard a second trip. |
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The corsair ships did not risk coming within range of the peasant archery but sent forth a small fleet of longboats to ferry their mercenaries to the safety of the ships.
These boats were few and overcrowded, and largely exposed to arrow fire.
We saw two swamped and overturned.
Men killed one another for a place on the thwarts.
Several cast aside helmets, weapons, and shields and tried to swim to the waiting ships.
Several may have drowned but others were clearly drawn under the water, the churning and frenzy in the water apparently having attracted marine predators, presumably sharks or the snakelike sea tharlarion.
Many others, hundreds, backs to the sea, shields lifted, must stay indefinitely in place, trusting to the return of the crews of the longboats, few of which, it seemed, cared, for their fees, to hazard a second trip.
- (Avengers of Gor)