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You try to dodge the spinning blade, but you trip over the body of the dead Drakkarim gunner and the sword hits you squarely in the chest. White-hot pain engulfs you like a raging fire, burning your body and numbing your limbs. It reaches its zenith, then disappears as, reluctantly, you surrender to death.

Your life and your mission end here.

Text copyright © 1988 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1988 Brian Williams.