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VANCE MOORE VANCE MOORE

"ODYSSEY"



(Magic: the Gathering. Odyssey cycle. Book I.)





The detonation rocked Kamahl back. The light was bright

enough that he could see through his eyelids as the edge of the

energy brushed him. The crowd was stunned into silence. The magic

ignited the spore cloud and the explosion sped back to the mole,

devouring it as the molds detonated in sympathy with Kamahl's

attack. The dementia caster rolled on the ground, unable to

stand. She had been flung back several yards, and the sand

stripped most of her clothes off as well as much of her skin. Her

teeth bared and bloody, she stood, gathering herself to summon

more monstrosities.



CHAPTER 1



The sun lay sullen to the west. Hovering on the horizon, its

rays cast the hills in shadows. The pits lay ahead. Finally he

was drawing near after months of travel. Kamahl looked at the

heart of the games and saw only a gaping hole of darkness. The

twilight prevented him from seeing the city that lay in the

hollow. Even as he watched, torches were lit, the dull red light