THE MEN AND WOMEN OF URDHUK THREW STONES AND FLINT-TIPPED DARTS DOWN ON THEM

THE JAVELINS FLEW LIKE BIRDS AND HISSED LIKE SERPENTS, AND SOON THE NOMADS WERE WRITHING IN THEIR DEATH THROES

ALL ALONG THE WALL, NOMADS TRIED TO CLIMB UP, AND ALTHOUGH NONE MADE IT, THERE WERE ALWAYS MORE TO TAKE THEIR PLACE

THE NOMADS ATTACKED UHRDUK AT DAWN

...THEY CAME IN NUMBERS NEVER BEFORE SEEN

© Sean McLachlan, Martin Isitt, Mike Horsefield 2004