At this slower pace the journey took a couple of days, and I fought off a few minor threats along the way --griffins, carnivorous plants, giant serpents, hostile centaurs, that sort of thing, purely routine --and I was beginning to get bored when at last the dusky towers of Castle Roogna hove into view.
Piers AnthonyWhat I like least is dealing with publishers who simply don't want collaborations regardless of their merit.
Piers AnthonyDor woke again as dawn came. The sun had somehow gotten around to the east, where the land was, and dried off so that it could shine again.
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