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    Requiem for a Hero: A Petrellan Tale
    Requiem for a Hero: A Petrellan Tale
    Requiem for a Hero: A Petrellan Tale
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    Requiem for a Hero: A Petrellan Tale

    By Gordon A. Long

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    A 13-page prologue to "Zoysana's Choice" Book 4 of the Petrellan Saga. This short story chronicles the meeting of Barent and Zoysana, three months after her grandfather's death. This tale was the origin of the 7-book epic series.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGordon A. Long
    Release dateDec 26, 2016
    ISBN9780995268746
    Requiem for a Hero: A Petrellan Tale
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    Gordon A. Long

    Brought up in a logging camp with no electricity, Gordon Long learned his storytelling in the traditional way: at his father's knee. He now spends his time editing, publishing, travelling, blogging and writing fantasy and social commentary, although sometimes the boundaries blur. Gordon lives in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, with his wife, Linda. When he is not writing and publishing, he works on projects with the Surrey Seniors' Planning Table, and is a staff writer for Indies Unlimited

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      Requiem for a Hero - Gordon A. Long

      Requiem for a Hero

      Prologue to Zoysana’s Choice

      Gordon A. Long

      Published by

      Airborn Press

      4958 10A Ave, Delta, B. C.

      V4M 1X8

      Canada

      Copyright Gordon A. Long

      2016

      Smashwords Edition

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. The stories in this book remain the intellectual property of the storytellers, and no story may be used in any form without the storyteller’s permission. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of these storytellers.

      ISBN - 978-0-9952687-4-6

      Smashwords Edition

      Cover Design by Mihaela Voicu

      This is a work of fiction. All of the characters and events portrayed in this story are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

      Requiem for a Hero

      The husky blond Warlander swung down the shady path, thoroughly enjoying himself. It wasn’t often he got a chance to be free of his responsibilities, but here he was, off in the woods as he loved to be on a beautiful spring day. No armour, no attendants, no rituals: just himself and the trees.

      And to add a bit of spice to the experience, he was sure he was being followed.

      At first there had been no real evidence, only a sense that sometimes the sounds of the forest were slightly different on one side of the path or the other. Once he heard an odd, chirping whistle that he could not place.

      Now that he was aware,

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