Book Description
Publication Date: October 12, 2012
A Macedonian general
lifted his visor an inch to taste the wind. He barked out a command and
took out a bow and an arrow from his quiver and strung it. Pulling back
the bowstring he shot the arrow into the clouds, down it came onto a
tree, signaling his legions to charge over the river. The men cheerfully
mounted horses and pushed them onwards into the river, splashing the
waters with their hooves. Suddenly figures arose from the waters. They
carried long curved blades and wore chain link mail over their breasts
and loins and mantles. Various blends of colors became their hair as
each figure angled their blades and drew blood from the Macedonians in
the river. Alexander, weighted under his armor, dismounted his horse and
ran towards the leader on foot. She dismounted also. They stood
before each other, her with blood and water dripping precariously about
her shoulders, him with anger in his voice. Her face grimaced a roar. He
struck her across her jaw with his sword hilt. She returned with a blow
to his sword, then another. As he was about to slice her ear off she
kicked his stomach, forcing him to miss. Another kick landed against his
jaw as he drooped forward. He flung his sword at her helmet, knocking
it off. Angrily, she jumped onto his body, and they both fell into the
waters. Alexander floated above the sandy floor and found her clawing
hands searching for him, so he kicked at them with a free leg. She
grabbed that leg and forced him towards her. Alexander fell back into
the waters. Darkness filled the visible scenery followed by inklings of
blood. The Amazon pressed his face into her chest, then tightened her
body about his like a snake. He slipped from her grasp, then fell
against her abdominal muscles, pressed hard then slipped again until he
became entangled in her legs. She pressed her calves against his neck
to her thigh then released. He fell away from the Amazon altogether,
then surfaced. His mouth burst open for air. Then she stood up above the
water and her wet hair on her head rose up as snakes, her eyes turning
golden like solar flames. A fireball shot from her mouth and enveloped
Alexander, his limbs turning stiff like granite. He felt his hand brush
against a metal object floating near the surface so he grasped it with
an ounce of remaining strength. It was a shield with a mirror polish. He
lifted it up and the Amazon saw her reflection, her smile turning sour
then as a shriek of anguish as her body was transformed from flesh to
stone. The stone effigy broke into millions of shards as a sword was
thrust into it from behind. The owner of the sword disappeared from
sight.
(c) Copyright 1998, 2012 Michael J. Costa, All rights reserved.
Paperback: 192 pages
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