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Your horse is killed instantly in the rain of arrows. As it crashes to the ground you are hurled forwards, somersaulting through the air before landing in a heap on the bloodstained soil. The archers have brought down the first two ranks of horsemen, but the attack is still pressing forward over the dead and dying in a reckless stampede towards the gate. You are now lying in the path of this stampede.

If you wish to leap over the parapet of the bridge to avoid the onrushing horses, turn to 38.

If you wish to curl up into a ball and keep completely still, turn to 218.

If you wish to run towards the Tekaro Gate, turn to 329.

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