1. Night Wind to Bahia
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... smelled him out. But then what? Running would give him no chance. A rock thrown with full force would hardly slow it. Maybe handfuls of dirt thrown in its face would confuse it. Summoning all his ...

2. The Forth Contention
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... of John Forthwait's head was an ugly mass of brown twists and maroon paste. His face lay turned toward the half-parted doorway, staring with a lifeless eye and open mouth. A crumpled nightshirt draped ...

3. Message of the Pendant
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... a tug on the rope around her waist. The surroundings brightened. She rose higher within the murky fluid, passing upwards into a cloud of foam. Her head burst through the surface into a explosion ...