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    The King's Gate
    The King's Gate
    The King's Gate
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    The King's Gate

    By Byron Gordon

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    Short Story - Episode 5
    Recommended Ages: 17+

    Confronted by a puzzle, The Gray Knight is forced to rely on his companions to get them into the Wizard Tower. But soon enough his skills with his sword are all that stand between them and disaster.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherByron Gordon
    Release dateSep 22, 2013
    ISBN9781301691852
    The King's Gate
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    Byron Gordon

    Byron Gordon grew up in the rural Eastern Shore of Maryland, USA. One of six children, he soon discovered his love of reading, ranging from the clever humor of P.G. Wodehouse to the epic fantasy of Tolkien to the fast paced science fiction of Timothy Zahn. Fed on this widely varied diet, his imagination blossomed and he began to write, desiring to create worlds and adventures of his own.After realizing the bleak financial prospects of an aspiring writer trying to break into the fiction realm, Byron enlisted in the United States Coast Guard. He spent an extra week in Coast Guard Boot Camp (Cape May, NJ) for writing during the breaks between classes. After Boot Camp he traveled to California for training in radio communications. Following the completion of his training, he spent three years on a Coast Guard Cutter, interdicting and repatriating illegal migrants. He currently is still on active duty and plans search and rescue efforts on the east coast of the USA.Despite the intense, and often hectic, schedule that military life entails, Byron has continued to write in his free time. While writing a complete novel still proves elusive, he has composed multiple short stories and a small amount of poetry. In the spring of 2011, he started publishing his writings electronically and now has a fair number of short stories and poetry available online in a variety of formats.

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      The King's Gate - Byron Gordon

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      The King's Gate

      Byron Gordon

      Copyright © 2013 Byron Gordon

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      The trip and strangle wires they passed with ease, thanks to knowing of their existence. Even so, the constant ducking under and stepping over made for a long and exhausting trip down the tunnel to the final door. Except that the term ‘door’ did not do justice to the massive stone carving that they found blocking their path.

      The tunnel had been narrow and low the entire way, in some places The Gray Knight had to duck to avoid bumping his head, let alone a strangle wire. But at the the door it widened into a semi-circular chamber with a high vaulted ceiling that soared over their heads, easily the height of three tall men. The rotting remains of wooden scaffolding climbed each corner, with a few support beams running between them.

      The door itself was a solid wall of jagged masonry work, rocks of all shapes and sizes fitted intricately together in a

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