Exile's Challenge (2012)
“Matieu Fallyn sided him to the right, on another of the governor’s horses, and Abram Jaymes slumped to his left on a lop-eared mule. Immediately behind them—the spearhead-came half of Var’s marines, on foot, the second half spread as flankers to either side. Talle rode a wagon, back down the column, where the light cannon trundled before the marching infantry. The supply wagons, the settlers, and the remaining infantry moved dust-clouded in the rear guard.
Var had sooner owned more horses, seen... all his men mounted. All he had learned of the hostiles—were they demons, as the inhabitants of Salvation believed; or only savages, as Talle claimed?—persuaded him that his duties were best dispensed swiftly, and the war brought fast to the enemy. The settlers were sullen in their acceptance of Talle’s instructions, and whilst none dared argue, Var feared that should the hostiles attack, the farmers would again flee back to Grostheim, and all their work for naught. Still, they were promised protective forts, guardians of the wilderness frontier, and he must see those built—and manned—before he could contemplate carrying the action to the hostiles.MoreLess
Var had sooner owned more horses, seen... all his men mounted. All he had learned of the hostiles—were they demons, as the inhabitants of Salvation believed; or only savages, as Talle claimed?—persuaded him that his duties were best dispensed swiftly, and the war brought fast to the enemy. The settlers were sullen in their acceptance of Talle’s instructions, and whilst none dared argue, Var feared that should the hostiles attack, the farmers would again flee back to Grostheim, and all their work for naught. Still, they were promised protective forts, guardians of the wilderness frontier, and he must see those built—and manned—before he could contemplate carrying the action to the hostiles.MoreLess
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