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Raising the hood of your Kai cloak, you crouch in the bottom of an empty ore wagon and wait with bated breath. Through a gap in the wood you can see a haggard procession of men shuffling towards you. An escort of bandit warriors pushes them forward, beating any who falter or slip out of line. You feet a sudden jolt as your wagon is pushed along the tunnel and glance up to see a sweat-streaked face peering down at you. 'Run left when I say "Go",' whispers the face, then disappears over the edge of the wagon.

As the wagon emerges from the tunnel, sunlight suddenly floods over you. Through the crack you can now see your destination; the wagons are being shunted on to a timber gantry where the track ends some fifty feet above a huge mound of ore. Your observations are cut short by a hissed command: 'Go!'

If you wish to leap from the wagon and run to the left, turn to 27.

If you wish to jump from the wagon and run to the right, turn to 144.

If you decide to ignore the command and stay where you are, turn to 294.

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