Book 7. (7 results) Captive of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
13
848
He cursed.
13
849
"For Skjern!" he cried.
13
850
The two tarns wheeled again, for another passage.
13
851
Again the other's spear struck, and again the blow was countered by my captor's shield.
13
852
I again heard the terrible, startling scrape of the spear blade diverted by the seven-layered, metal-bound boskhide shield.
13
853
Twice more the attacker pressed in, and each time, again, the shield turned the blow, once but inches from my body.
13
854
My captor was trying to close with him, to bring him within the range of his own steel, his now-drawn, swift, unadorned blade.
He cursed.
"For Skjern!" he cried.
The two tarns wheeled again, for another passage.
Again the other's spear struck, and again the blow was countered by my captor's shield.
I again heard the terrible, startling scrape of the spear blade diverted by the seven-layered, metal-bound boskhide shield.
Twice more the attacker pressed in, and each time, again, the shield turned the blow, once but inches from my body.
My captor was trying to close with him, to bring him within the range of his own steel, his now-drawn, swift, unadorned blade.
- (Captive of Gor, Chapter )