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Copyright ┬й 1994, Roger Taylor
Roger Taylor has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, to be identified
as the Author of this work.
First published by Headline Book Publishing in 1994.
This Edition published in 2003 by Mushroom eBooks, an imprint of Mushroom Publishing, Bath, BA1
4EB, United Kingdom
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ISBN 1843191962




Whistler

A sequel to The Chronicles of Hawklan

Roger Taylor

Mushroom eBooks


Chapter 1

Clouds, dark and ominous, bloomed menacingly out of the north. Slowly, throughout the day, mass piled
upon mass, higher and higher, as if those leading the vanguard were being overrun by panicking hordes
behind.

Eyes that had been lifted casually towards them in the morning became narrowed and concerned as the
day progressed, for the clouds were grimly unseasonable. Sour-natured weather was to be expected as
winter fought to hold its ground against the coming spring: dark skies and blustering, buffeting winds
bearing cold rains, and perhaps even yet a little snow would offer no great surprises. But this . . .?

This was surely a monstrous blizzard pending, the kind that was rare even at the heart of winter.

тАШItтАЩll only be a thunderstorm,тАЩ some declared, knowingly, though more to hear the reassurance in the
words than from any true knowledge.

For there was no tension in the air, no tingling precursor of the tumult to come, raising the hackles of men
and beasts alike.

Yet there was something hovering before this dark and massive tide, something that flickered elusively
into the senses like an image caught in the corner of the eye that disappears when looked at directly.
Something that was unpleasant тАУ menacing even.

Something primitive. And awful.

None spoke of it.
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