Smiley Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EDST) on April 29th, 2017 [00:30 A.M. (GMT), April 30th], for a discussion of The Damned One Hundred by Jonathan Mayberry. Following the overall approval rating of the last story we discussed, I have located another tale, similar but different, in another anthology edited by Joseph Adams. An on-line book report describes the story as: "(Military Fantasy) In desperation, an aging warrior and his son seek help from ancient witches to protect a mountain pass against an enormous invasion force. A damned good read. (7,200 words) The story apeared in "Operation Arcana", published on February 16, 2015 by Baen Books."1 Rather than attempt to give you the flavor of the story without spoiling it, I will just post this quote from the epigraph to the anthology. It sums up what you might expect from the stories in the collection: "Arrows thick as the rain came whistling over the battlements, and fell clinking and glancing on the stones. Some found a mark. The assault on Helm’s Deep had begun, but no sound or challenge was heard within; no answering arrows came. The assailing hosts halted, foiled by the silent menace of rock and wall. Ever and again the lightning tore aside the darkness. Then the Orcs screamed, waving spear and sword, and shooting a cloud of arrows at any that stood revealed upon the battlements; and the men of the Mark amazed looked out as it seemed to them, upon a great field of dark corn, tossed by a tempest of war, and every ear glinted with barbed light." -- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings The story is available for free from Baen Books.com: http://www.baen.com/Chapters/9781476780368/9781476780368.htm Click on the link to chapter 3 in the left frame, or if you are set for frameless viewing of web sites, simply navigate thru the contents link at the upper right hand corner of the cover page/epigraph. Webchat: http://koach.com/cha...=readers_corner mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner If you liked our last story you should enjoy this one as well. I hope to see you all for the chat. Don't forget to bring a friend. 1 http://www.rocketstackrank.com/search/label/Ratings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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