The Kadaitcha SungPenguin Books, assisted by the Literature Board of the Australia Council, 1990 - Fiction - 313 pages Novel using Central Australian mythology and sorcery beliefs. |
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Page 119
... Kill me now and let me die like a man . ' He turned to Jonjurrie . ' I beg you both , kill me now . ' Jonjurrie laughed at him , raising his spear and pointing the head straight at the blacktracker's heart . ' Don't address him directly ...
... Kill me now and let me die like a man . ' He turned to Jonjurrie . ' I beg you both , kill me now . ' Jonjurrie laughed at him , raising his spear and pointing the head straight at the blacktracker's heart . ' Don't address him directly ...
Page 205
... kill or be killed . But his reaction was cut off instantly . He saw the black - uniformed men moving about in the grounds , and it had been one of them who had blundered into a shrub and alerted his finely tuned , nearly animal instinct ...
... kill or be killed . But his reaction was cut off instantly . He saw the black - uniformed men moving about in the grounds , and it had been one of them who had blundered into a shrub and alerted his finely tuned , nearly animal instinct ...
Page 224
... kill them now , then I will later . And I will kill them ! ' Tommy looked back at Ningi with defiance . ' Do not be so eager to leave the nest , young Kadaitcha , ' Ningi warned . ' You are still very young and so untried . If you went ...
... kill them now , then I will later . And I will kill them ! ' Tommy looked back at Ningi with defiance . ' Do not be so eager to leave the nest , young Kadaitcha , ' Ningi warned . ' You are still very young and so untried . If you went ...
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