Great Kings' War

By Green, Roland

Book Id: WPLBN0000635279
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 1.6 MB
Reproduction Date: 2004

Title:	Great Kings' War
Author:	Green, Roland
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Language:	English
Subject:	Science fiction, Fantasy & science fiction, Pulp literature
Collections:	Baen Library Collection
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Publisher:	Baen Publishing Enterprises


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Excerpt
Excerpt: fire! the first hostigi volley tore into the ktemnoi front rank as if they were a battery of artillery guns firing case shot. A great cheer rose up from the hostigi ranks. The second volley and third were almost as devastating; the fourth less so. Still the ktemnoi squares held. Now the musketeers were supposed to sling their weapons and fall back; instead many picked up the pikes of the wounded or dead, while others drew their swords and held their places.