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    Battle Before Dawn
    Battle Before Dawn
    Battle Before Dawn
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    Battle Before Dawn

    By Robert Moore Williams

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    Man and Centaur fought to free a girl--and the fate of all mankind hung in the balance...

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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?"
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXinXii
    Release dateOct 31, 2015
    ISBN9781612101248
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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,

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