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The dagger hisses through the air and thuds into your chest. You gasp at the sudden pain, clawing at the hilt of the dagger with trembling hands in your panic to draw out the deadly blade. As you stagger backwards, the guard rushes forward, a smile of triumph spreading across his ugly face. You wrench the blade free and turn it on the guard as he dives towards you. He sees the danger but far too late--the blade has already pierced his heart.

Turn to 22.

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