Hammer Of The Gods - 5th sneak into the upcoming short novel by Wolfgang Hohlbein!!!

He was tired. Incredibly tired. But if he gave in to this feeling and closed his eyes, he would not open them again. And it would not be Odin´s table in Valhalla that would await him on the other side. ...

A good half dozen of the Daugr had been close anough to be smashed by the falling iron mesh. At least two of them were still moving. Even though they had been staked by the rusty irons and pinned into the ground, their fingers still tried with steadfast persistance to crawl towards Torben; a view that reminded Thor in a terrible way of big, dirty maggots, whose human faces and limbs only made it worse. But even more terrifying was what he saw on the other side of the fence. The army of the undead was still there. Dozens, if not hundreds of mute figures with empty eyes and decaying faces pressed against the iron bars, their claws trying to reach him and their rusty spears trying to stab him. ...

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To be continued.....

© Wolfgang Hohlbein for The Asgard Saga 2010

Written by RuXia on Fri 22 Jan 2010 05:17:27 PM CET