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A Woman of the Horseclans
Book Twelve of the Horseclans Series
Condemned by her people, she found a new destiny among the folk of the undying high lord, Milo Morai...
She rode into legend...
Shunned by her own folk as a creature of Evil, Bettylou Hanson found an instant welcome among the people of the Horseclans. Young, healthy, intelligent, and gifted with powerful mindspeak potential, she was everything Milo Morai’s people looked for in a clan member.
But even Milo himself couldn’t have foreseen the powerful role Bettylou was to play in the future of the Krooguh clan. For the frightened girl whom Tim Krooguh had rescued from certain death was destined to become a living legend among the Kindred, a fighter whose courage would rouse the clans against a foul and dangerous foe... |
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About the Author
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Robert Adams (1932-1990) is best known as the creator of one series, The Horseclans. Heavy on the action, these tales are set in the 26th Century of immortal mutant warriors in a balkanized North America The history of the brave horse-riders grew from the first tale of Milo Morai (written by Adams while in hospital) into a vast saga. Some novels feature big cats instead of horses. Adams also edited several anthologies of note, Magic in Ithkar with Andre Norton and Barbarians with his wife, Pamela Crippen Adams, and Martin Greenberg.
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Excerpt
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Servants of Satan—or warriors of wind and sun?
Bettylou had not even struggled when the raiding party kid napped her from the Adobe of the Righteous. Sentenced to death, did it matter who her destroyers were? But now, held prisoner in the midst of this enemy camp, she was beginning to member the stories her people told—stories of fierce, murderous tribes of sinful theieves. They were said to be ture Servants of Satan, headhunters, cannibals, drinkers of blood...
Could her captors be these terrible fiends? Had she been taken to provide these warriors with a cannibal feast?
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