The Fork-Tongue Charmers (2015)
“The haze made her lungs heave and her eyes water. With the distraction, the larger warship rammed through the barricade of fishing boats, scattering the smaller vessels that now piled harmlessly against its hull like driftwood. The huge ship moved as far into the harbor as it dared, just to the opening between two seawalls. Any nearer and it would risk grounding itself.
Valant’s warship, with its clenched-fist bowsprit, trailed just behind it. As the smoke cleared, Rye saw that the harbor had f...illed with longboats and skiffs launched from the closest ship. Longchance’s soldiers scrambled out onto docks, stretches of beach, and the seawalls themselves, pushing forward wherever armed Belongers weren’t waiting to meet them.
Rye heard the clash of swords and axes. The roar of battle rang in her ears. She sprinted through the confusion along the seawall, calling for Waldron. Ahead, a team of Longchance soldiers pressed themselves against the catapult until it tumbled down the rocks and into the harbor.MoreLess
Valant’s warship, with its clenched-fist bowsprit, trailed just behind it. As the smoke cleared, Rye saw that the harbor had f...illed with longboats and skiffs launched from the closest ship. Longchance’s soldiers scrambled out onto docks, stretches of beach, and the seawalls themselves, pushing forward wherever armed Belongers weren’t waiting to meet them.
Rye heard the clash of swords and axes. The roar of battle rang in her ears. She sprinted through the confusion along the seawall, calling for Waldron. Ahead, a team of Longchance soldiers pressed themselves against the catapult until it tumbled down the rocks and into the harbor.MoreLess
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