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    Season 2 Finale: Calum's Dilemma
    Season 2 Finale: Calum's Dilemma
    Season 2 Finale: Calum's Dilemma
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    Season 2 Finale: Calum's Dilemma

    By Leigh Barker

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    Clan: Season 2, Season Finale. Calum’s Dilemma

    An extended Bitesize Read.

    Dutronc has one more throw of the dice. A daring, suicidal gambit that will see him return to France the hero. If it succeeds.

    Calum won’t stand by and let the man who hanged his friend walk away to a hero’s welcome.

    Dutronc is a murderer, but he is a swordsman without equal.

    Calum is a master swordsman, but only Fate will decide if he is good enough to live through the day.

    John can do nothing to help his friend, only stay and protect Magdalene. And hope that his teaching has been good enough.

    Our hero has fought many battles, but there was never any doubt in his mind that he would walk away the victor.

    Until now.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLeigh Barker
    Release dateOct 12, 2015
    ISBN9781310397110
    Season 2 Finale: Calum's Dilemma
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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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      Season 2 Finale - Leigh Barker

      Clan

      (Season 2)

      Season Finale

      Calum's Dilemma

      Copyright 2015 Leigh Barker

      Published by Leigh Barker at Smashwords

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      ISBN: 9781310397110

      Calum’s Dilemma

      Calum leaned forward over the saddle and kicked his heels to push York’s magnificent stallion beyond its comfortable fast gallop to what it was really capable of. And what it was capable of was terrifying. He could ride, but this wasn’t riding, this was cling on or die.

      He wanted to close his eyes to make the blur streaming past him go away, but he had to believe he had some control over the animal, at least a little.

      Enough, catching Dutronc wasn’t worth being smashed to bloody meat against a tree. His fingers tightened on the reins, then eased off.

      Just one more minute.

      He realised how insane that was, at least a part of his brain did, the rest was starting to enjoy the heart-stopping thrill of thundering down the narrow trail at close to forty miles an hour.

      It couldn’t last, and that part of his brain that had retained some sanity hoped it wouldn’t.

      The stallion skidded around a tight right-hand bend and churned up the trail as it dug for traction to take off again. Calum eased back the reins and patted its neck. The horse slowed to a canter, then a walk and snorted, m’be in thanks for the rest.

      The trail followed the riverbank in a curve until it straightened out as it approached the rapids. He sat up in the saddle and let the huge stallion walk and blow. Up ahead he could see Dutronc standing in the middle of a grassy clearing leading down to the water. He was facing the trail and holding his sword loosely in his right hand.

      Calum knew why Dutronc had stopped. It might have been because he couldn’t outrun a pursuit whilst carrying the regimental standard on its cumbersome pike, or because he didn’t want to be shot in the back by some overeager trooper. But it was neither of these. He’d stopped because he knew he could beat anyone who might be following.

      He was either very good or very arrogant. And Calum knew which it was. The man was a brute, but he was a colonel in the finest regiment in an elite European army, and he hadn’t got there by playing nice. He’d had to fight his way up, against his peers and against his superiors, who’d keep him down if he wasn’t good enough.

      Calum dismounted twenty feet from the clearing and brushed the leaves and twigs from his clothes. If he was going to die, he’d look his best.

      Dutronc was smiling as he watched Calum approach, and gave him a sweeping bow.

      The Scotch. I should have guessed this. He tilted his head. I thought you dead when those fools fired at you. But I see you are not. Yet.

      Everybody dies, Calum said. How and where doesn’t really matter.

      Dutronc nodded agreement. So, Maclean, what is it to be? Pistols or the sword? He raised his sword a little.

      Calum drew his smallsword.

      Ah, an excellent choice. A gentleman’s weapon.

      Are you a religious man, Dutronc? Calum asked.

      Dutronc thought about it. I was, but I have seen too many men die in horror to believe there is anything or anyone beyond this. He moved his sword around in a half circle to encompass the forest and river.

      Calum could see it was a smallsword like his, but more ornate with a silver and gilt hilt. There was not even the smallest blemish on the

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