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Shadow Games
By Glen Cook

THE FOURTH CHRONICLE OF THE BLACK COMPANY
FIRST BOOK OF THE SOUTH


SHADOW GAMES

Half of winning a battle is showmanship.

The pink point grew up fast and shed light on the river. There must have been forty boats sneaking towards us. They had extended their croc hide protection in hopes of shedding fire bombs.

I was glowing and breathing fire. Bet I made a hell of a sight from over there.

The nearest boats were ten feet away. I saw the ladder boxes and grinned behind my croc teeth. 1 had guessed right.

I threw my hands up, then down. A single bomb arced out to shatter the nearest boat.

The trap was almost too good. Fire sucked most of the air away and heated what was left till it was almost unbearable. The survivors had no stomach left for combat. That was the first wave, a distant rattle announced the second wave. I was laying for these guys, too.


This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.

SHADOW GAMES

Copyright (c) 1989 by Glen Cook

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

A TOR Book

Published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc.
49 West 24 Street
New York, NY 10010

Cover art by Keith Berdak

ISBN: 0-812-53382-8

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 88-51639

First edition: June 1989

Printed in the United States of America


Got to be for Harriet McDougal whose gentle hands guided Croaker and the Company out of the darkness With Special Thanks to Lee Childs of North Hollywood, for historical research and valued suggestions