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Two bolts whistle through the air and slam into your back. As the pain tears through your body, you faint and fall on to the poison-tipped spikes. As your life's blood drains away, the last sound you hear is the hideous gloating laughter of Darklord Haakon rising above the ghoulish howl of his evil Drakkarim warriors.

Your life and the hopes of Sommerlund end here.

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