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THE CHARGE
TOWARD DESTINY
Daoud slung his bow across his back and drew his long, curving saif from
the scabbard. The noonday sun flashed on it as he held it high. His men
roamed and brandished their own swords.
The band had caught up with them, and the trumpets and hautboys screamed
death to the enemy while the kettledrums rumbled.
There was nothing left to protect Charles d'Anjou now. There was not
even time for the French leader to run. He seemed to know it. He had his
sword out and he held up a white shield with a red cross.
Urging the Arabian on, shouting the name of God, Daoud raced toward
triumph....
_Also by Robert Shea:_
ILLUMINATUS! (with Robert Anton Wilson)