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 THE YEAR OF THE




WARRIOR
LARS WALKER
THE YEAR OF THE WARRIOR

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

ErlingтАЩs Word copyright ┬й 1997; The Ghost of the God-Tree copyright ┬й 2000, by Lars Walker.

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

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ISBN: 0-671-57861-8

Cover art by Gary Ruddell

First printing, March 2000



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 CLASH BY NIGHT
The wind blew colder, and clouds rode in on it, shrouding the stars. The men sat back to back, sharing warmth. It
was as black as JudasтАЩ grave.
There was one light in all the world.
It came towards us, over the meadow, from the direction of Thorolf SkjalgтАЩs grave.
We all saw him. The warriors groaned. They wept. They yammered like dogs. Some shouted, тАЬThorolf! ItтАЩs my
Lord Thorolf come out to walk again.тАЭ
He was a tall man, dressed in full armor, with shield and spear and sword at his belt. He glowed all over with blue
fire. He was coming to us.
тАЬItтАЩs the battle-fetter!тАЭ someone cried. тАЬRun! WeтАЩve got to run!тАЭ But no one ran. No one stood on his feet. A few
tried to crawl, but most stayed in their places, watching the walker-again come nearer and nearer.
I could see ThorolfтАЩs eyes now. They were green-yellow, round and cold.
Then a hand fell on my shoulder. Erling said, тАЬA psalm, Father! I donтАЩt ask you to fight, but sing me a psalm that I