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Methuselah's Daughter, Part 3, Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Circa 130 BCE

Rhumenk, Slodhe had called them. They were rumored to have killed and enslaved some of the tribes far to the south, but Slodhe said they were not hostile in their encounters with his people, merely sought trade and hunting. I was angry at that last, for if they were hunting in my woods they had yet to pay their respects to me.

I found them after only a half a day. They had obviously broken camp, and were headed north crashing loudly through my forest as if they had not a care or concern. There were so many of them, tens upon tens of them, most with extensive weaponry and some with oddly fitted bronze armor. Their garments were of a wide assortment, but all made from impressively finely knit cloth.

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John Eddy (mail) (www):
Just another hit-and-run posting of a chapter of our "pretty bad" novel. Enjoy, Zach!
9.26.2007 9:59am
Kevin D (mail) (www):
Heh. I was thinking that too!
9.26.2007 10:07am
Scott Kirwin (mail) (www):

Just another hit-and-run posting of a chapter of our "pretty bad" novel. Enjoy, Zach!


You are so bad... ;)
9.26.2007 10:30am
zach.:
John,

thanks! I was outta line to call it bad. More "not my cup of tea." But that's just one opinion from an unreconstructed mouth-breathing philistine!
9.26.2007 10:59am
John Eddy (mail) (www):
zach-

All was said with tongue firmly planted in cheek. I could fill stadiums with people who won't like this book.
9.26.2007 11:09am
Dean Esmay:
On the other hand, a lot of people like it a whole lot, at least if our fairly large set of test readers pre-publication are to be believed.

(John's a terrible salesman. Heh.)
9.26.2007 12:07pm
John Eddy (mail) (www):

(John's a terrible salesman. Heh.)


As evidenced by our stellar sales performance to date...
9.26.2007 12:14pm
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