Battle Before Dawn
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“I will go talk to Gomar," Lion thought desperately. "Gomar will know what to do."
With one last look at the thing resting in the valley, he turned toward the mountain, toward the cave where Gomar lived. Gomar had been friendly with him in the past. Gomar would help him now --he hoped. His need was so desperate that only Gomar's great wisdom could help him.
"Ho, Gomar!" he called at the mouth of the cave. "Ho, Gomar! Come out. It is I, Lion, come to talk to you."
He heard a grunt in the cave, then hoofs clicked softly on the sandy floor, and Gomar, blinking owlishly at the light, stood in the entrance.
Gomar was the last of the horse people. He had the body of a small horse, the trunk, the arms, and the head of a human.
"What is it, Lion of the almost-ape people, what is it that you want?" He sounded cross.
"Tansy," Lion said.
"Eh?"
"Tansy is gone."
Thoughtfully Gomar studied the man who stood before him. For Lion was
a man, although neither Lion nor any of his tribe had made that discovery as yet. Unlike the shambling apes, Lion stood as straight as a tree, with broad
shoulders, and long strong arms, and-- what was far more important-- a high forehead. Lion could think. It was for this reason that, young as he was, he was the leader of the almost-ape people, the strong, straight-standing leader of a new race. In his hands he held a flint-headed club. He had no other weapons.
"And who," Gomar asked, "is Tansy?"
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Battle Before Dawn - Robert Moore Williams
Battle Before Dawn
By Robert Moore Williams
Copyright © 1944 Robert Moore Williams
This edition published in 2010 by eStar Books, LLC.
www.estarbooks.com
ISBN: 978-1-61210-124-8
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Some Other Works By Robert Moore Williams
Fiction Series
Jongor
Jongor of Lost Land
Jongor Fights Back!
Jongor of Lost Land
The Return of Jongor
Jongor Fights Back
Zanthar
Zanthar of the Many Worlds
Zanthar at the Edge of Never
Zanthar at Moon's Madness
Zanthar at Trip's End
Novels
Conquest of the Space Sea
The Chaos Fighters
Doomsday Eve
The Blue Atom
World of the Masterminds
The Day They H-Bombed Los Angeles
The Darkness Before Tomorrow
Walk Up the Sky
King of the Fourth Planet
The Star Wasps
Flight From Yesterday
The Lunar Eye
The Second Atlantis
Vigilante 21st Century
The Bell From Infinity
Beachhead Planet
Now Comes Tomorrow
Seven Tickets to Hell
Battle Before Dawn
By Robert Moore Williams
Man and Centaur fought to free a girl--and the fate of all mankind hung in the balance
I will go talk to Gomar,
Lion thought desperately. Gomar will know what to do.
With one last look at the thing resting in the valley, he turned toward the mountain, toward the cave where Gomar lived. Gomar had been friendly with him in the past. Gomar would help him now --he hoped. His need was so desperate that only Gomar's great wisdom could help him.
Ho, Gomar!
he called at the mouth of the cave. Ho, Gomar! Come out. It is I, Lion, come to talk to you.
He heard a grunt in the cave, then hoofs clicked softly on the sandy floor, and Gomar, blinking owlishly at the light,