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THE
WHEEL OF TIME TURNS...
and
Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend.
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...Short Story & Sketches by James Lightfoot...
I wish you a full and speedy recovery. I started
reading The Wheel of Time back in 1995 after I was injurred
in training in the U.S. Navy. I later learned that I have
Fibromyalgia, a debilitating, incurable condition of chronic,
excrutiating pain. Through the past 11 years I have struggled
with the misery of this condition. But I'll be damned if I'm
going to let it beat me before I finish this series. That
means you've got to stick around to finish writing it and
this disabled Vet is not going to take any excuses. You get
yourself better quick like. Oh, yeah, I can also draw damned
well and I'm a pretty good writer, largely by studying your
style and that of R. A. Salvatore. So if you need someone
to draw the cover of your next book or have writing project
you'd like to delegate. You Just keep me in mind. I've included
a few of my drawings and the first chapter of my novel. Get
yourself better soon and get back to writing.
We've got a lot of work left to do. ~ James Lightfoot
Black Heart ~ A Short Story
Ochmar McGristle lay in wait for his prey. He had watched
this caravan route and searched for the point of greatest
vulnerability. The path through the heavy forest narrowed
as it made its way through a shallow valley. He knew that
all the large groups had already passed and only scattered
stragglers would be coming this way. It may have been a common
ruse, but only because it was an effective one. As the wagon
rounded a blind bend in the meandering trail, it found a fallen
tree in its path. Naturally, they would suspect an ambush.
Naturally they would be on guard. They eyed the woods very
carefully looking for signs of trouble. There were three guards
and one fat merchant on the heavily laden wagon. Two aging
but sturdy horses pawed the ground uneasily. One guard, a
smallish but very alert fellow in chain armor sat atop the
wagon and readied his crossbow. Unable to penetrate Ochmar’s
camouflage, the other two men could see no sign of the expected
danger. With the Merchant and the Crossbowman watching for
trouble, the other two men moved toward the fallen tree to
clear it from the path.
Ochmar waited, patiently, for just the right moment to spring
his surprise. As the two men reached for the offending roadblock,
Ochmar pulled the rope that was resting in his hand. A locking
pin released. An enormous log on the short end of a lever
arm fell. A sturdy rope attached to the long end and embedded
with wooden splinters was ripped from the ground where it
had lain buried next to the roadblock. The other end was tied
firmly to a tree on the other side of the trail. The effect
was instantaneous. The heavy barbed rope popped straight up
out of the ground. One guard reacted by lunging backward.
Still, the violently snapping line caught one foot. A barb
sliced into his foot and the force of the thrashing cord hurled
him into the air. He landed face first beside the startled
horses. One foot mangled and stunned into incoherence, he
nevertheless survived the deadly trap.
His partner was not so lucky. Not noticing the trap at all,
he had grabbed the fallen tree with both hands. When the barbed
rope snapped from the earth, it hit both arms across the elbows.
With the firmness of his grip, and the speed of the wicked
lash, both arms were ripped off at the elbow. The horrified
man stood there, staring at his spurting stumps. The shock
of the trauma overwhelmed him, and he collapsed in a whimpering
heap to watch the last of his lifeblood flow from what used
to be his hands....
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Sketches by James Lightfoot
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Praise for The Wheel of Time...
"The complex philosophy behind The Wheel
of Time series is expounded so simply the reader often gives
a start of suprise at returning to the real world. Rand's
adventures are not finished and heither is this thinking person's
fantasy series."
-Brunswick Sentinel
"Jordan has not merely put old wine
into new bottles: He has clothed old bones with new flesh."
-Chicago Sun Times
"The Wheel of Time is a work of genuine
and often stirring imagination."
-Kirkus Reviews
"For those who like to keep themselves
in a fantasy world, it's hard to beat the complex, detailed
world created here."
-Locus
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