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You eventually come to a halt at the base of a huge fir tree. You try to stand, but the pain in your legs and side is so great that you collapse and lose consciousness. It is a sleep that will spare you the pain of the Helghast blades, but it is also a sleep from which there is no awakening.

Your quest and your life end here.

Text copyright © 1984 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1984 Gary Chalk.