samurai
Chapter 1 Lance Screams of fire and echoes of clashing steel woke Lance from his sleep. Sitting up to a dark room the only light streaming in through the window. A lazy orange hue tinted the air, wafts of sm…
Chapter 7 The Crone The bells tolled their mournful song across the flooded graves. The sky wept at the open procession. Six young men and women laid to rest this day. An entire family cut from the seams. The Cr…
Chapter 6 The Samurai Last to go and no dice rolled. The Thief had taken his gambit and won. Now five sets of dice rolled across his mind. Each one a gamble made and a debt paid. Now only The Samurai was left to p…
Chapter 5 The Thief Two had rolled to decide who would go first. The Thief looked on with beady eyes. Quick reflexes and instincts soon told him he was next. The ghostly rattle of dice warned him now that the…
Chapter 4 The Conman The gamble had been made and for The Conman it was a game he knew well. The Geisha, Juggler and General may have all stumbled their way through but now they would see a master at work. Walki…
Chapter 3 The General Those two black dots floated in front of his eyes. Pits of darkness leading to deaths door. Four had rolled. His chance of being chosen increasing. The Geisha and The Juggler passing their tr…
Chapter 2 The Juggler The resounding crash still haunted his thoughts. The loud clatter and silent sighs of relief. Five had rolled and he had been chosen. The Geisha had stood in the corner a picture of serenity…
Chapter 1 The Geisha Glass lanterns filled the room like hundreds if coloured stars. They shone soft light down in the twirling dancers below. The noble guests laughed and swayed drunkenly toasting their crystal g…
Prologue The clinking of the dice was the only sound in the room. The air all but crackled with tension and passion. It oozed out of each player. Seeping into the wooden shack, pressing down against the old table. Five players sat and wa…