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You try to draw your weapon, but the creature is a swift and deadly killer. Its hollow fangs penetrate your spine, drawing out your life's blood and paralysing your body. You hear the clatter of your weapon as it drops to the floor, but you do not feel pain as you topple forwards, smashing your face against the hard, unyielding stone.

Your life and your mission end here.

Text copyright © 1985 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1985 Gary Chalk.