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The bolt hits you with such force that you are lifted out of the saddle and thrown to the ground. Flashing lights spin before your eyes and you gasp for breath as a terrifying numbness spreads from your chest through your limbs. There is no pain--only a chilling paralysis that robs you of all resistance to death.

Your quest and your life end here at the Denka Gate.

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