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    Episode 2: Invasion
    Episode 2: Invasion
    Episode 2: Invasion
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    Episode 2: Invasion

    By Leigh Barker

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    Eden: Requiem For Eden

    Season 1: Episode 2. Invasion!

    A 1-hour read following our newly graduated Knight of Eden.

    Michael has to protect the Leader’s pregnant daughter from all those who would dearly love to snatch her and hold her for a king’s ransom.

    There is nowhere in Trinity safe from spies and ne’er-do-wells, so he has to get her out of the city, but he knows the Norsemen are about to invade Eden and needs all the knights he can muster.

    And so Anella and Woe get their first mission. Babysit Bony-Ass out in the desert. It should be a walk in... well, the desert.

    What can possibly go wrong?

    It looks like our heroes’ first mission is going to be their last!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLeigh Barker
    Release dateJan 29, 2015
    ISBN9781311277565
    Episode 2: Invasion
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    Leigh Barker

    Leigh was born in Dudley in the middle of England. He has been a merchant seaman, a (useless) electronics salesman, a programmer, and a business analyst. And now he is a full-time writer, but that doesn't make him a bad person.He is presently writing 4 series:Clan, following the adventures of Calum Maclean as he tries to avoid the Bonnie Prince but still protect his beloved Highlands.The Hellfire Legacy Series follows US Marine Master Sergeant Ethan Gill and his team as they take on the jobs too hot for other special forces. They go where they're sent; South America, Middle East, Korea, but their most dangerous missions are on US soil.Volume #1: A Whisper of ArmageddonVolume #2: The Hellfire LegacyVolume #3: The Orpheus DirectiveEden, a three-volume series -Trinity is at war with Lucid, the son of Lucifer, and he will do whatever it takes to win. The Archangel Gabriel has an army but he needs more. He needs heroes, but they are few and far between. Which is why he gets Dylan and co. Not too much luck in Heaven then.Volume #1: Eden's Last HeroVolume #2: WinterwoodVolume #3: Requiem for Eden.Soldiers is set in 1914 and follows John Regret and his 12-man squad on their suicidal mission to find and destroy the German howitzer nicknamed Big Bertha. Find it before it drops it's thousand-pound shells on the allied army retreating across France. A seemingly hopeless mission that just cannot fail.Other occasional series include:Anarchy, the 'completely true' stories of men doing what men do when there's nobody to keep them in check. Create mayhem and behave like monkeys on speed.Coffee Break Reads - each issue has 5 stories short enough to read while taking a break from life. A mix of adventure, love, disaster, and fun. All with one thing in common; for a moment they transport the reader to another world.Episode 1 of each Season is free and can be picked up with other free books at:https://leighwbarker.com/my-library/Just copy the link above and paste it into your browser and you're there...

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      Episode 2 - Leigh Barker

      Requiem for Eden

      (Episode 2)

      Invasion

      Copyright 2015 Leigh Barker

      Published by Leigh Barker at Smashwords

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      ISBN: 9781311277565

      Invasion

      The big attacker raised his foot and pushed the watchman off his sword. The round little man sat down heavily as if he was really tired. But he was past tired, way past tired.

      Anella gasped. Woe blinked hard and tried to reset his brain. The watchman was still dead, his blood running bright red down the dirty white steps. The crowd did what any bunch of citizens would do when a watchman is killed. They ran away. It was a melee of arms and elbows, but by any measure, it was a scramble to get away as quickly as possible.

      We have to do something! Anella shouted.

      Oh, right, said Woe with a shake of his head. I’ll run on over and capture them, shall I?

      She glared at him. Don’t be a smart-mouth! She pointed again, in case he’d forgotten where the thugs were. Do that spell thing!

      What spell thing? said Woe, then got it, and his face dropped. I can’t just do it! I only did it once, and that was when everybody was going to die. I can’t just—

      But Anella was moving. She scampered down the six steps to the cobbled square and stopped and looked around urgently. But there was nobody military or even a bit brave. What she did see was a stall selling cast-off armour, swords, and… a long bow. She ducked in between the remaining people who’d been a bit slow running for it.

      Arrows! she screamed at the stall-holder, who was presently warring with the urgent need to run away and the fear that someone would steal his junk.

      He looked at her blankly.

      Arrows? shouted Anella. Do you have any?

      He blinked slowly, twice, then pointed at a quiver leaning against the stall, and made no effort to stop her when she grabbed it and the bow. She hadn’t really thought it through, but her hands knew what was needed and snapped into action with a smooth efficiency that would have brought a smile to the face of Longfella Chip.

      She drew the bow, saw the turbulence in the air caused by the sun’s heat and the fleeing crowd, and instinctively targeted the thug who had killed the watchman. She slipped into the harmony between the bow, the arrow and the hemp bowstring. They were fulfilling their destiny and were happy to be useful again.

      The arrow zipped past the heads of the last few people fleeing the scene, curved up very slightly as the thermals rose from the hot cobbles, and sank deep into the killer’s chest. By the time he realised he was dead, another arrow was on its way. The thug holding Amara tried to pull her in

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