The Sword of Darrow by Hal Malchow

Author:Hal Malchow
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fantasy, Young Adult
ISBN: 9781935618881
Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.
Published: 2011-09-02T20:00:00+00:00

When the sun was up, Darrow sent Timwee and Hugga Hugga back to the woods to search for volunteers who might be lost. They returned at noon with another seven men.

After a day of training and drilling, Darrow called his soldiers together. Eagerly, all gathered round the fire. With the weapons they had recovered from the battle at Naark’s Hill, Darrow had a good sword for every soldier and he passed a weapon to each.

“Raise your swords,” he cried in a voice loud and clear.

Twenty-one swords lifted, each reflecting the flames, sending dancing lights against the walls of the forest.

“Repeat my words: To this small but mighty band.”

And twenty-one voices cried out his words.

“I pledge my allegiance, my honor, and my life.”

And with each line, their voices roared back, each time louder still.

To this small but mighty band

I pledge my allegiance, my honor, and my life

For a cause more noble and precious

Than the soul of creature or man

To sever the chains of fear that enslave our people

To ignite in my countrymen the flames of hope

To inspire the courage of others

To bring a new sunrise of peace, honor, and virtue to our nation

For these things, no price is too large, no sacrifice too great

A fellowship of believers we shall be

And through our deeds will our people be free.

With these last words, the swords did not fall but remained high, quivering at the vast array of stars in this clear summer night. Into this heavy silence, Darrow spoke again.

“Tomorrow evening, my brothers and sisters, we will attack after sunset. We will strike the fort and drive the goblins from this forest.”

With those words, all of the pain and suffering of ten years of cruelty, oppression, and crimes, all the broken hearts of all of the families of all of the land of Sonnencrest came together, no longer as heartache and despair, but as a great and powerful yearning for promise and hope.

And this time, the sound surely shook the walls of the goblin fort many miles away.

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