The Zanthodon MEGAPACK ®: The Complete 5-Book Series by Lin Carter

Author:Lin Carter [Carter, Lin]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: lost world, fantasy, science fiction, adventure, edgar rice burroughs
ISBN: 9781479404506
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 2014-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

“I agree,” nodded Garth. “For blood calls to blood, and I cannot stand idly by while at least a chance exists that my child yet lives. Neither can I reasonably expect my brother Tharn to abandon the search for his own child, to assist me in my quest. We are agreed, then, that much as it grieves us both—our paths must here part.”

“It is agreed. We shall divide the stores and the weapons, the garments and the tents and bedding, between us evenly,” said Tharn. “Naught must be allowed to delay the departure of the warriors of Sothar from the rescue.”

“It may well be that we shall meet again,” said the Sotharian. “On his part, it is the wish of Garth the Omad that such will prove the case. For, inasmuch as our own homeland has been destroyed, the tribe of Sothar has nowhere to go in a world filled with hostile tribes and enemies, both human and bestial. In such a world, my brother, it is good to have found a friend.”

The two men clasped each other’s shoulder in the Zanthodonian equivalent of a hearty handshake.

And there was really nothing more to say.

* * * *

The equal division of the supplies was swiftly accomplished, and farewells were made. During the time they had marched and fought together, brief though it was, the men and women and children of the two tribes had made many friends, and partings are never pleasant. But time was of the essence, so the partings were brief.

While the men of Thandar stood silently watching, the tribe of Sotharians departed. There were no backward glances, and there were no tears. Fate had stepped between the two Cro-Magnon tribes, and that was all there was to it.

Garth struck out boldly into the midst of the plain, heading directly for the distant mountains which, as we know but he did not, formed a wall behind whose towering ramparts lay sheltered the Scarlet City of Zar.

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