by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 24, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Marked Territory – Snippet 13 “It’s been a dog’s age,” Taggart said, panting a wheezing laugh at his own joke. “Place has been closed up for years. I remember when I was still a pup I’d come sniffing around on Thursdays when...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 24, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Heart Of The World – Snippet 13 He said, “Your name is Dinah.” He drawled the a, as the Mongols all did. “Yes,” she said. “I am Kitboqa,” he said. “I am great in the il-Khan’s favor.” “I’ve...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 24, 2020 | 1632Snippet, Snippets
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 15 Chapter 8 Petit-cul-de-sac Marin, Guadeloupe “Starboard battery two, A gun, reports ready, Commodore!” Svantner cried over the flap of Intrepid’s sails. “Fire at the crew chief’s...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 24, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 13 “Doesn’t Cahokia have doctors?” Chapter Three At Sarah’s insistence, Cathy Filmer had been made one of the Ladies of Tendance, the seven women who were permitted to pass through the veil of the Temple of the...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 21, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Marked Territory – Snippet 12 Chapter Four The crew was mostly asleep by the time I got back to St. Bart’s, but Mordecai roused Mitzi long enough for her to unpin the door and let me in. I spent a couple of hours curled up near the wall, my head resting on...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 21, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 12 “I’ve browbeaten the Electors into raising taxes,” Thomas said. “Then I borrowed against future tax receipts to be able to spend the money now, and I am recruiting the army which I shall use to raze Cahokia...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 21, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
This book should be available now so this is the last snippet. The Portals Of Hell – Snippet 12 “For instance, God’s Power is definitely a form of energy, but it is not like sunlight. It can pass through anything. It cannot be easily felt or sensed...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 21, 2020 | 1632Snippet, Snippets
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 14 He saw Klees’ quizzical look. “Yes, I understand the point of the steam tugs, Lieutenant. It was not enough that the Spanish war galleons sped ahead of their main body and then could not maneuver back to...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 21, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Heart Of The World – Snippet 12 The merchant turned and answered, and they were speaking French. She hovered, listening. She got some of it. She went back to the counter, and the merchant swung back to her. She said, stumbling, “Je vuv-veux menorah?...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 19, 2020 | 1632Snippet, Snippets
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 13 Bjelke turned to Simonszoon. “Captain, battery two is asking: chain again, or ball?” Simonszoon glared at the Spaniard, as if willing its foremast to collapse. “Both,” he sighed. Tromp smiled at...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 19, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Heart Of The World – Snippet 11 Dinah laughed, and hugged her. The child shrugged her off and she drew away. She had fourteen letters in the dust when Nikola came. He rode up on a spotted horse, without saddle or bridle, which nonetheless came straight beside...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 19, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Marked Territory – Snippet 11 “You’re late,” a rumbling voice said. “Sorry, sorry,” Frisco gasped. “I got held up.” “We just bet you did,” a second voice said. That voice was higher-pitched than the first....
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 19, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 11 Lee touched upon an interesting question: What kind of healer could treat Sarah, if she never left her goddess’s holy of holies? And a related question was: What kind of healer could do any more for Sarah than she could do for...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 19, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
The Portals Of Hell – Snippet 11 Chapter 6: The Wrong Answer Davin crossed the center of the campus, neck muscles tight and face grim. Summer classes were completing today, final examinations starting tomorrow; the fall session would begin soon after. Davin was...
by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 17, 2020 | 1632Snippet, Snippets
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 12 Chapter 7 East of Dominica “Do we need to hit her again, Captain?” Rik Bjelke asked, looking at the smoke rising up from the side of third war galleon. Simonszoon squinted at the devastation wrought by the...
