John Scalzi - 01 - Shadow War of the Night Dragons -Book One -The Dead City -Prologue by Hugo 2012 Nominee Short Story

Author:Hugo 2012 Nominee Short Story
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-04-24T10:40:15+00:00

Morde motioned to the two sitting men. “Our friends here are both expert chess players, and I’ve engaged them to play against each other. But each time one player loses a piece, I have a leech attached to his head, to suck away the vital blood. Look, it’s about to happen now.”

The captain watched as one of the seated players, playing orange, took a pawn from the other, playing green. As he did so, the man standing behind the green player fished into his bucket, pulled out a leech, and stuck it with a squishy pop onto the forehead of the player, who had six other leeches already attached to various places on his head and neck. The green player woozily reached out and moved a piece.

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