Chapter two
Of the disobedience of Nath KaridgeThe windows exploded in fountains of splintered wood and patterned glass and struggling men collapsed inward to sprawl, still fighting, over the tables and settles. The guerrillas and the mercenaries hunting them fought madly across the floor.
Korero’s glittering figure swirled like a lightning bolt of destruction.
Nath Karidge, characteristically the first to get in among his foemen, swung his curved sword with precision and gusto.
Naghan the Barrel whipped a stout clanxer, a straight cut and thruster of Vallia, into his adversary and then stiff-armed it about in a horizontal s***h that dislodged the Adam’s apple of the next.
Vanderini, swearing horribly and the blood running down his face, cut back into the pressing mass.
Chuktar Mevek
