Tooth and Claw by Joseph Nassise

Author:Joseph Nassise [Nassise, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harbinger Books

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The melee began instantly as the men's instincts took over. The wall of the tunnel fell down and away as if it were a great curtain, and from beyond it, twelve or more ghouls lurched forward, clawed hands outstretched.

Cade issued no orders; there were none to give. The ambush called for nothing more or less than swift defense. The men spun at the sound of the crumbling wall and reacted immediately to block the ghouls’ attack.

One of the beasts targeted Cade. Holding his sword by the blade and the grip, the Templar fell back one step and threw out the weapon in front of him as a barrier. The ghoul bashed into it, and Cade found himself pushed flat against the opposite wall. Duncan was right, of course; these enchanted beasts had strength far beyond what logic and physics would dictate. The ghouls pressed hard against Cade’s weapon, and the knight commander readily sensed that only the holy enchantment on the blade kept him from succumbing to the attack. The people of Gales Ferry would have stood no chance whatsoever against these creatures.

Cade’s elbows were bending beneath the assault as he struggled to keep the monster’s claws from his body. The ghoul clutched the sword with one hand while swinging wildly for Cade with the other, and the attack found purchase: it tore a sizeable scrap from his body armor. He felt the Kevlar weave letting go and the ceramic plate beneath cracking.

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