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CONTENTS Origins, 3

Den, by Corben.

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Rul. by Druillet, 13

Conciuering Armies. by Dionnet and Gal,

The Adventures of Yriss, by

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Druillet and Alexis, 29

Arzaeh. by Moebius, 37

Marre and Macedo, 45

Selenia. by

The Sword of Shannara. by

Terry Brooks, 55

Traumwach. by Mouehel, Pierson, and

Voss, 59

Space Punks, by Mezieres, 69

Age of Ages. by

Rubingtoii, 79

by Montellier,

1996,

28. 84

Sunpoí, by Bode, 85 Munipulation, by Roy. 93

Front Covcr. by Nicollet

Back Cover. by Druillet

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Noble companions hcset by sorcerers and monsters, on their quest for a magical sword in another u ni verse. lt\ a quarlcr of a million words long. Frank Herbert, author of

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By Terry Brooks Leah had not found the leg of ihe journey Menion the Anar quite so simple. When he realized he lasi

to

first

had become

from the two Valemen,

separated panic set in. He was not afraid for himself. but he feared the very worst for the Oiirnsfords if left alone to fintí their way out of the mist-shrouded Black Oaks. He. too. had called hopelessly, futilely. stumbling blindly about in the blackness untíl his voice was cracked. But in the end he was forced to admit to himself thal the search was useless under such conditions. Exhausted. he pushed on through the woods in what he believed to be the generál direction of the lowlands, consoling himself slightly with ihe promise thal he would find the others in the daylight.

He was in the forest a longer time than he had antieipated, breaking free near dawn and collapsing at the edge of the Though he did not know ii ihen. he had emerged at a point south of the sleeping brothers. By this time his endurance had been pushed to the limit and sleep came over him so quickly that he could not remember anything after the grasslands.

slow, featheriight feeling of falling as he collapsed in the

tall

grass. It seemed to him that he slept a very long time, but in fact he awakened oni v several hours after Sheaand Flick had begun their journey toward the Silver River. Believing that he was a eonsiderable distance south of the point the group had been making for while in the Black Oaks. Menion quickly chose to travel north and try to cut across the trail of his companions bcfore reaching the nver. If he failed io find them by that time, he knew he would be confronted with the

lowland

unpleasant probability that they were still lost in the entanglement of the woods.

Hurriedly, the highlander strapped on his lighi pack, shouldered the greal ash bow and the sword of Leah and began to march rapidly northward. The few hours of afternoon daylight

remaining di.sappeared quiekly as he walked, his sharp eyes searching carefully for any sign of human passage. Il was almost dusk when he finally picked up the signs of someone traveling in the direction ofihc Silver River He found ihe Irail to be several hours old. and he could be reasonably certain lhal ihere was more lhan one person. But ihere was no way to telí who the travelers were, so Menion pushed on hurriedly in the half-light of dusk, hoping to meh them when they stopped for the night. He knew that the Skuli Bearers would also be searching for íhem. but brushed his ears aside. remembering

that [bere

any to

event.

was no reason 10 eonnect him with the Valemen. In it was a caleulated risk he had to také if he expected

be of any service to his friends.

Shorlly thereafter. jusl before the sun dropped behind the horizon completely. Menion caaght sight ofa figue to the east in the opposite direction, Menion quiekly calíed oui to the other, who seemed startled bv the highlander's sudden appearance and tned to rnove away from him. Menion quiekly took up the chase, runnins adtr ií:e fngluened traveler and calling to him that he meant no harm. After several

of him traveling

minutes he caught the man. who turned out to be a peddler cooking ware to outlying villages and families in these

selling

lowlands.

The

peddler. a bent. timid individual

who had been

frightened badly by the unexpected pursuit, was now thoroughly terrified by the sight of the tall, sword-bearing highlander facing him at nightfall in the middle of nowhere.

Menion hasiily explained that he meant no harm. but was looking for two friends from whom he had become separated while traveling through the Black Oaks. This proved to be the worst thing he could háve told the littlc man, who was now

thoroughly convinced the stranger was insane. Menion considered telling him that he was the Prince of Leah, but quiekly discarded that idea. In the end. the peddler revealed to him that he had seen two travelers fitiing the generál description of the Valemen from a distance earlier in the afternoon. Menion could not telí if the man had told him that much forfearofhis life or to humor hini. but he accepted the tale and bade good evening to the linie man. who was obviously delighted to be let off so easily. and made a hasly escape souhward into the sheltering darkness of evening.

Menion was forced to admit to himself that ít was now too dark to altempt to follow the trail of his friends, so he east about for a likely campsite. He found a pair of large pines that appeared to be the be=t skeltei available and he moved into them, glancing anxiously at the clear night sky. There was sufficienl light to enable a prowling Northland creature to (Ind any camped travelers with relalive ease, and he inwardlv prayed that his friends had sense enough to piek a carefully hidden spot to spend the night. He tossed down his own pack and weapons beneath one of the spreading pines and crawled under the shelter of its low-hanging hranches. Famished from the past two days' journey, he devoured the last of his supplies. thinking as he did so that the Valemen would be faced with the samc food shortage in the days ahead. Grumbling aloud at the bad luck that had separated them. he reluctantly wrapped himself in his light blanket and was quiekly asleep, the great

sword of Leah unsheathed

at his síde,

gleaming dully

in the

moonlight.

Unaware of the events that had transpired that night while he slept soundly several miles south of the Silver River.

Menion Leah rose the next dav with a new pian in mind. If he could eut across coumrv. intveling nonheast, he could catch up with the Valemen much more easily. He was certain that they would be following the edge of the Silver River as it wound its way eastward into the Anar Forests, so their paths had to cross fartherup river. Abandoning the faint traeesof the trail left the previous day, Menion beean to |oumev across the lowlands in an easterly direction, thinking to himself that if he did not come across some sign of them upriver when he reached the wateris edge, he could double baek downstream. He also entertained hopes of sighting some small game that would provide meat for the evening meal. He whistled and sang to himself as he walked. his lean face rcla\ed and cheerful at the prospect ofa reunion with his lost comrades. He could even picture the stolid disbclief on old Fhck's stern fue at the sight of his return. He walked easily with long. loping strides that covered the ground quiekly and evenly, the swinging. measured step of the experienced woodsman and hunter.

As he traveled, his ihoughls drifled back to the events of the past several days, and he pondered the significance of all that had transpired. He knew little about the historv of the Great Wars and the reign of the Druid Council. the mysterious appearance of the so-ealled Warlock Lord and his defeat by the combined might of three nations. Mostdjsturbingof all was his almost total laek of kniiwledge of ihe legend behind the Sword of Shannara. the fabled weapon that for so many years had been a watchword symbol ic oí freedom througli courage. Now it was the birthright of an unknown orphan. half m i. half elf. so preposterous that he still found it ímpossible to conceive of Shea in that role. He knew ir ctively that something was missing from the pícture-somel so basic to whole plizzle of the great Sword that, wi knowing whal it was, the three friends were so many windblown lea\ Menion also knew that he was a part ofthis adventure for the saké of friendship alone. Flick had been right about that. Even now he was unsure exacily why he had been persuaded to undertake this journey. He knew he was less than a Prince of Leah should be. He knew that his interest in people had not been deep enough. and he had nevr really wanted to know them. He had nevr tried to understand the important prob-

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lemsof govemingjusily in a society where the monarch's word was the only law. Yct he eli ihat in his own way he was as good as any nian alive. Shea believed he was a man to be looked up Perhaps so, he thoughi idly. bul his life to daie appeared lo une long line of harrowing e\periences and wild eseapades lht had served Hule or nu eon.structive purpose.

The smoolh, grass-covered lowlands ehanged to rough, barren ground, rising abruptly in small hills and dropping sharply into sleep. trenchlíke valleys lhal made travel slow and almost ttazajdons in places, Menion looked unxiouslv ahead orsome indication of more level terrain. but it was ímpossible lo see vety far. even from the lopof ihe sleep rises. He plodded to.

eonsist

o

;itid steadilv. ignoring the roughness of the ground and silcntlv berating his dectsion to come lhát way. His mind wandered briefly. then siiddeníy stiapped back as he caught the sound of a human voíce. He listened intently for several seeonds. but eould hear nothing further and dismissed it as ihe wind or his imagination. A moment later he heard it again. oni v ihis lime it was the clear sound of a woman's voíce, singing soflly somewhere ahead of him. faint and low. He waiked more quickly, wondering if his ears were playing tricks on him. bul all the lime hearing Ihe woman's mellow voice grow louder. Soon the mesmeric sound of her singing filled the air in a gav. almost wild abandon thal reach into ihe innermosi depths of the highlaodes mind, bidding him to follow, to beas free as the song iiself. Almost in a tranee he waiked steadilv on, smiling broadly at the images the happy song eonjured up lo him. Vaguely. he wondered whal a woman would be doing in these hleak lowlands. miles from anv kind of civili/.ation. but the song scemed to dispel all his doubis in its warm assurance that it came from ihe heart.

on. deliberatelv

At the peak of a particularly bleak rise, somewhat higher than the surrounding hillocks, Menion found her sitlíng beneath a small twisted tree wiih long. gnarled branches that reminded him of willow roots. She was a young girl. verv beautiu! and obviouslv verv much at home in these lands as shesang brightly scemtngly nblivious to anyone who mightbe atiraeted by the sound of her voice. He did not conceal his approach. but moved siraight to her side, smiling gehtly at her freshness and youth. She smiled back at him, but made no effort to rise nor to greel him, eontmumg ihe gay slrain.s of the iune she had been .singing all this time. The Prince of Leah came to a halí several feei away from her, but she quickly beckoned him to come closer and sil next to her beneath the odd-shaped iree. it was then that from somewhere deep within him a small warning nerve twinged. some sixth sense not yet enlranccd by her vibrant song uiiiged at him and demanded 10 know whv this voung girl should ask a compleie siranger lo sil wiih her. There was no reason for his hesitation other than perhaps the innaie distrust ihe hunter has for all things out of pláce and lime in nátue: but whatever the reason, ii caused the highlander lo pause. In that instant the girl and Ihe song disappeared into vapor. leaving Menion to face the strangelooking tree on the barren rise.

For one second Menion hesilated. unable to believe what hadjust oeeurred. and then hastily moved to wíthdraw. Bul ihe loose ground aboul his feet opened even as he paused. releasing a heavy cluster of thick-gnarled roots which wound Ihcmselves lightíy about the young man's ankles. holding him fast. Menion stumbled over backward trying to break free. For

moment he found

predicament to be ludicrous. But try as he mighi. he eould not work free of those clinging roots. The sirangcness of the siuiaiion increased almost m media tly as he glanced up to see the strange root-limbed tree. previously immobile, approaching in a slow. streiching motion. its limbs extended toward him. their tips containing small bul deadlylooking needles. Thoroughly aroused now. Menion dropped his pack and bow in one motion and unsheathcd the greal sword. reali/ing lhal the girl and ihe song had heen an illusion lo draw him within reach this omínous tree. He cul brieflv at a

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the roots which bound him, severing them in places. bul the work was slow because they were wound so lightlv ahoul his ankles lhal he eould no! risk brottd strokes. Sudden panic sel in as he reali/.ed he eould nol get free in lime. bul he forced ihe

feeling

down and shouted

his defianee at Ihe

plam. which by

now was almost on top of hun. Swmging in fry as ii came within reach, he quickly severed a number of the clulching limbs and ii wilhdrew slightly. its whole frame shuddering in Menion knew thal with its next approach he hod lo slrike nerve center íheexpected lo desiroy it Bul ihe strange tree had other ideas; coiling its limbs inio iiself. it ihrusi them loward ihe imprisoned traveler one ai a lime. showering him wiih the tmy needles that flew off the ends. Many of them missed altogeiher and some bounced harmlessly off his heavy lunicand bools. Buiolhers siruck ihe exposed skin of his hands and head and embedded ihcmselves wiih small siinging sensations. Menion iried lo brush ihem off. while protecting himself from further assault. bul the liltle needles broke off, leaving their lips embedded in his skin. He felt a kind of slow drowsiness begin lo sleal over him and porlions of his nervous sysiem begin lo go numb. He rcalized at once lhal ihe needles conlained some sortodrug thul was designed to pul ihe plans victim to sleep, lo render il helpless for oasy disposilion.

Wildly. he fought ihe feeling seeping ihrough his sysiem. but soon dropped helplessly lo his knees. unable lo fight it. pain.

ils

knowing

lhal the tree

had won.

Bul amazingly. ihe dcaJK tree appeared lo hesiiaie and then backward. coiling again in attack. Slow. hcavy sounded behind ihe fallen prince, approaching He eould noi turn his head 10 see who it was, and a deep bass voice warned him abrupily lo remain motionless.

The iree coiled expeelanily lo strike, bul an instant before il released tts deadly needles. it was simek with sbatteriag impact by a huge mace lhal flew over ihe shoulder of the fallen Menion. The strange tree was compleielv loppled by ihe blow. lo inch slighlly

foolsleps

cautiously.

Obviously injured.

il slruggled to raise itsel and fight back.

Itehind him. Menion heard the sharp release a bow-slring and a long black arrow embedded itsel deep wilhin the plans ihick irunk. immedialely ihe roots about his feet released their and sank into Ihe earth and ihe main porlion oihe tree shuddered violenily. limbs ihrashing the air and showering needles in all diretlions. A moment laier. il drooped slowly io the earth. With a finál spasm, il lav motionless.

Slili heavily drugged rom ihe' needles. Menion elt the slrong hands ofhis reseuergrip his shoulders roughlv and force him into a prone position w hile a broad huniing knife severed Ihe few remaining strands biuding his feet. The figue beore him was a powerullv built Dwar. dressed in the green and brown woodsman's cíothing worn by mo.si of that race. He was tall or a Dwarf. a little over five feet. and carried a small arsenal of wcapons bound about his broad waisl. He looked down al the drugged Menion and shook his head duhiouslv.

"You must be a stranger to do a dumb ihing like that," he reprimanded Ihe olher in his deep bass voíce. "Nobody with any sense plays around with the Sirens."

"1 am from Leah...lo ihe wesl," Menion managed lo gasp out, his voice thick and strange lo his own ears, "A highlander— might háve known." The Dwarf laughed heanily lo himseif. "You'd háve to be. I suppose. Well. don't worry. youll be fine in a few days. That drug won't kill you if

o

grip

I

we get il treated. hul you'11 be out for a while."

He laughed again and turned to reirieve his mace. Menion. with his finál ouncc of strength, grasped him by the lunic.

"1 must reach. .ihe Anar .Culhavcn." hc casped sharply. .

.

.

."

"Také me lo Balinor.

The Dwarf looked back .

al him sharply. but Menion had lapsed into unconsciousness. Mullering to himself. Ihe Dwar picked up his own w eapons and those of the allen highlander.

Then with surprising strengfll, he heaved the limp orm ;

o

Menion over

his

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At the peak of a particularly bleak rise. somewhat higher than the surrounding hillocks, Menion found her sitting beneath a small twisted tree with long, gnarled branches that reminded him of willow roots. She was a young girl. very beautiful and obviously very much at home in these lands as she sang brightlv. scemmgh obhvious to anyone who might be attracted by the sound of her voice. He did not conceal his approach. but moved straight to her side. smiling gently at her freshness and youth. She smiled back at him. but made no effort to rise nor to greet him, continuing the gay strains of the tun she had been singing all this time. The Prince of Leah came to a halt several feet away from her. but she quickly beckoned him to come closer and sit next to her beneath the odd-shaped tree. It was then that from somewhere deep within him a small warning nerve twinged. some sixth sense not vet entranced by her vibrant song tugged at him and demanded to know why this young girl should ask a complete stranger to sit with her. There was no reason for his hesitation other than perhaps the innate distrust the hunter has for all things oul of pláce and time innature: but whatever the reason, itcaused the highlander to pause. In that instant the girl and the song disappeared into vapor. leaving Menion to face the strangelooking tree on the barren rise.

For one second Menion hesitated. unable to believe what had j ust occurred, and then hastily moved to withdraw. But the loose ground about his feet opened even as he paused, releasing a heavy cluster of thick-gnarled roots which

wound

themselves tightly about the young man's ankles. holding him fast. Menion stumbled over backward trying to break free. For a moment he found his predicament to be ludicrous. But try as he might. he could not work free of those clinging roots. The strangeness of the situation increased almost immediately as he glanced up to see the strange root-limbed tree. previously immobile. approaching in a slow. stretching motion. its limbs extended toward him. their tips containing small but deadlylooking needles. Thoroughly aroused now. Menion dropped his pack and bow in one motion and unsheathed the great sword. realinng that the girl and the song had been an illusion todrawhim within reach of this ominous tree. Hecu t briefly at

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lems of governingjustly in a society where ihe monarch's word was the only law. Yet he felt lhal in his owd way he was as good as any man alive. Shea believed he was a man to be looked up to. Perhaps so, he thought idly. but his life to dáte appeared to consist of one long line of harrowing experiences and wild escapades that had served litle or no constructive purpose.

The smooth. erass-covered lowlands changed to rough. barren ground. rising abruptly in srnall hills and dropping sharply into steep. trenchlike vallc\s that made travel siow and almost ha/.ardous in places. Menion looked anxiously ahead for some indication of more level terrain. but it was impossible tosee very far. even from the top of the steep rises. He plodded on. deliberately and steadily. ignoring the roughness of the ground and silenilv beniiing his decision to come that way. His mind wandered briefly. then suddenly snapped back as he caught the sound of a human voice. He listened intently for several seeonds. but could hear nothing further and dismissed it as the wind or his imagination. A moment láte he heard it voice. again. only ihis time it was the clear sound of a singing softi y somewhere ahead of him, faint and low. He walked more quickly, wondering if his ears were playing tricks on him, but all the time hearing the woman's mellow voice grow louder. Soon the mesmeric sound of her singing filled the air in a gay. almost wild abandon that reach into the innermost depths of the highlander's mind. bídding him to follow. to be as free as the song itself. Almost in a trance he walked steadily on. smiling broadly at the images the happy song conjured up to him. Vagueiy. he woridered what a woman would be doing in these bleak lowlands. miles from any kind of civilizatíon. but the song seemed to dispel all his doubtsin its warm assurance 'that it came from the heart.

as he realized he could not get free in time. but he forced the

fccling down and shouted his defiance at the planí, which by now was almost on top of him. Swinging in fry as it came within reach. he quickly severed a number of the cluiching

limbs and

it

withdrew

siightly. its

whole frame shuddering

in

Menion knew that with its next approach he had 10 strike nerve center if he expecled In destroy it. But the strange tree had other ideas; coiling its limbs into itself. il thrusi them toward the imprisoned uaveler one at a time. showering him with the liny needles that flew off the ends. Many of them pain. its

missed altogether and some bounced harmlessly off his heavy tunicandboots. But othersstruck the exposed skin of his hands and head and embedded themselves with small siinging sensations. Menion tried to brush ihem off. while protecting himself from further a.ssauli. bul the little needles broke off. leaving their tips embedded in his skin. He felt a kind of slow drowsiness begin to steal over him and ponions of his nervous systém begin to go numb. He realized at onee th.it the needles contained some sort of drug that was designed to pul ihe plans vietim to sleep. to render il helpless for eas\ disposmon Wildly. he fought the fccling seeping ihrough his sysiem, hul soon dropped helplessly to his knees, unable to fighi n. knowing lhal the tree had won.

But amazingly, the deadly iree appeared to hesiUic and ihen ínch siightly backward. coiling again in atiack. Slow. heavy sounded behind the fallen prince, approaching eautiously. He could not lurn his head 10 see who it was. and a deep bass voice warned him abruptly 10 remain motionless. to

footsteps

The

tree coiled expectantly to sirike. but an instant before it released its deadly needles, it was struck with shattering impaet by a huge mace lhát flew over the shoulder of the fallen Menion. The strange tree was completelv loppled by the blow.

Obviously injured. it struggled 10 raise itself and fight back.

Behind him. Menion heard the sharp release of a bow-string and a long black arrow embedded itself deep within the plans Ihick trunk. Immediately the rools about his feet released their grip and sank into the earth and the main portion of the tree shuddered violently. limbs thrashing the air and showering needles in all dircctions. A moment later. it drooped slowly to the earlh. With a finál spasm. it Iay motionless.

Still heavily drugged from the needles, Menion felt the strong hands of his rescuergrip his shoulders roughly and foree him into a prone position while a broad hunting knife severed Ihe few remaining strands binding his feet. The figue before him was a powerfully built Dwarf. dressed in the green and brown woodsmans clothing worn bv most of that race. He was tall for a Dwarf. a little over five feet. and carried a small arsenal of weapons bound about his broad waist. He looked down at ihe drugged Menion and shook his head dubiously.

"You must be a stranger to do a dumb thing like that." he reprtmanded the other in his deep bass voice. "Nobody with

any sense plays around with the Sirens."

"1 am from Leah ... to the west." Menion managed to gasp out. his voice thick and strange to his own ears.

"A highlander— 1 might háve known." The Dwarf laughed heartily to himself, *'You'd háve lo be, 1 suppose. Well, don"t worry, you'll be fine in a few days. That drug won"t kill you if

we

get

it

ireated. but you'll be oui for a while."

He laughed again and turned

to retrievc his

mace. Menion.

with his finál ounce of strength, grasped him by the tunic.

"1 must reach.. .the Anar...Culhaven." he gasped sharply.

"Také me

."

to Balinor at him sharply. but Menion had lapsed into unconsciousness. Muttering to himself, the Dwarf picked up his own weapons and those of the fallen highlander.

Then wiih surprising strength. he heaved ihe limp form of Menion over his broad shoulders. testing the load for balance.

Satisfiedat last that all was in pláce, hebegan trudging .steadily, muttering all the while. moving toward the íbrests of the Anar. .

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