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    Mage Hunter: Episode 1: Blooded Snow
    Mage Hunter: Episode 1: Blooded Snow
    Mage Hunter: Episode 1: Blooded Snow
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    Mage Hunter: Episode 1: Blooded Snow

    By Ty Johnston

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    A hunt for raiding barbarians turns upon the hunters.

    But far worse is to come for the sleepy villages of northern Ursia and the soldiers who protect the villagers. The Dartague barbarians have had enough of the Ursians encroaching upon their mountainous borders, and the raids are but a feint to draw out soldiers while a much larger attack is in the works.

    His squad mates slain, Sergeant Guthrie Hackett finds himself alone in the winter wilderness on the border between his homeland and the nation of barbarians. He discovers the Dartague have a new leader, a wyrd woman who is behind the border assault. Worse yet for the sergeant, he has fallen under the attention of an ice witch, an inhuman creature with secret goals of her own.

    Seeking to survive, Hackett tries to make it back to his own countrymen, only to find there is relatively little safety for him anywhere in the northern regions.

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    Mage Hunter: Blooded Snow
    Mage Hunter: Sundered Shields
    Mage Hunter: Bared Blades
    Mage Hunter: Hammered Iron
    Mage Hunter: Changeless Fate

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTy Johnston
    Release dateAug 28, 2012
    ISBN9781476212326
    Mage Hunter: Episode 1: Blooded Snow
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    Ty Johnston

    Originally from Kentucky, Ty Johnston is a former newspaper journalist. He lives in North Carolina with loving memories of his late wife.Blog: tyjohnston.blogspot.com

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      Mage Hunter - Ty Johnston

      MAGE HUNTER

      Part I of V: Blooded Snow

      The Ursian Chronicles

      by Ty Johnston

      a Monumental Works Group author

      visit the author’s website: tyjohnston.blogspot.com

      This 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

      Copyright © 2012 Ty Johnston

      Cover artwork copyright © 2012 Ty Johnston

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, contact the publisher at htjohnston@yahoo.com.

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      The Ursian Chronicles

      (in order of publication)

      City of Rogues: Book I of The Kobalos Trilogy

      Road to Wrath: Book II of The Kobalos Trilogy

      Dark King of the North: Book III of The Kobalos Trilogy

      The Kobalos Trilogy OMNIBUS edition

      Blade and Flame: short story sequel to The Kobalos Trilogy

      Bayne’s Climb: Part I of The Sword of Bayne

      A Thousand Wounds: Part II of The Sword of Bayne

      Under the Mountain: Part III of The Sword of Bayne

      The Sword of Bayne OMNIBUS edition

      Ghosts of the Asylum

      Demon Chains

      The Castle of Endless Woe (novelette)

      Six Swords, One Skeleton and a Sewer (short story)

      Road of the Sword (short story)

      Five Tales from The Rusty Scabbard

      Mage Hunter: Blooded Snow

      Mage Hunter: Sundered Shields

      Mage Hunter: Bared Blades

      Mage Hunter: Hammered Iron

      Mage Hunter: Changeless Fate

      for C.L.

      1,913 years After Ashal (A.A.)

      Chapter 1

      Guthrie counted nine of the barbarian riders in the pass below. Too few to be a raiding party, but larger than a hunting expedition. Still, most of the group bore signs of recent conflict. A pair wore bandages about their heads while another had an arm wrapped in a sling. Here and there were other signs, dented armor, dried blood. What struck Guthrie as most odd was the inclusion of a female riding in the middle of the group. Obviously she was a wyrd woman, her back straight as she sat high in the saddle, her long hair the color of wheat cascading out behind her in the chilled wind as her horse stamped through snow and over rock. If her bearing had not been enough to hint at her vocation, then the many animal-shaped patches stitched into her heavy wool cloak was evidence enough.

      Clan Bear, Thezul whispered at his side.

      Guthrie twisted his head around to glare at his comrade. Though high upon a perch behind a boulder, they were not so far above the riders that speaking should be done safely. Besides, it was obvious the clan of the Dartague riders. Each of the men wore heavy coats of thick bear hide about their shoulders and carried long swords with narrow hilts upon their belts.

      Thezul shrugged his apology, then slid back and away.

      Bringing his hands beneath him to push up, Guthrie spared one more glance to the Dartague below. Nine of them. One wyrd woman. All showing signs of injury except for the witch. This lot had seen trouble. Their proximity to the border and the fact they fit the description given by the survivors of the village of Herkaig meant they were assuredly part of the group Guthrie and his men sought. But he had expected twice their numbers. Not these nine.

      He pushed away from the ledge of the boulder and allowed himself to slide down its backside, his studded leather armor scrapping against the ice crusted stone. Landing on his feet, he looked up to find Thezul had already retreated the twenty or so yards back to the clearing among the trees where they had left their steeds and the other four soldiers. Guthrie could see they were already talking amongst themselves, probably asking Thezul questions, but at least they were keeping their voices low.

      Grimacing, Guthrie strode toward the group, his left glove gripping the dagger at his side, the other hand hanging in a fist on his right next to the iron-headed mace swinging from his belt.

      You think it’s them, sergeant? Briar asked from horseback as Guthrie approached.

      Thezul and the others, all on foot, turned to look at their leader.

      Guthrie glanced around the group, noting signs of sloveness but glad to see all of them wore their armor in working order and carried their swords and spears, the shields and crossbows tied to the horses. He nodded. I think so, but there should be more of them.

      Just what I was saying, Thezul said. Think they split up?

      I don’t know, Guthrie said, shaking his head beneath the hood of his cloak. This group is heading west, but I don’t know where the others could have gone. There’s no path north or east from here that I know of, and it’s not likely they would have headed south back into Ursia.

      Briar leaned back in his saddle as if stretching, the man raising a hand to shield his eyes as he stared out across the wide valley to the snow-tipped peaks on the other side. Could they have been crazy enough to try and climb over?

      The sergeant shook his head again. "Probably not. It’s more likely they know of a route of which we are unaware,

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