What I recall of the story is this: A number of fighters want to join an order/unit, but they first have to prove their mettle in a free-for-all fight amongst themselves.
Anybody got any ideas? TIA!
-FB
What I recall of the story is this: A number of fighters want to join an order/unit, but they first have to prove their mettle in a free-for-all fight amongst themselves.
Anybody got any ideas? TIA!
-FB
Stultus story "Chances Are.." has a scene very similar to what you describe. Candidates to join the evil leaders organization have a free-for-all fight to the death with the survivors being chosen.
https://storiesonline.net/s/16060/chances-are
https://storiesonline.net/a/Stultus
Kirby
In dead tree, that happens in Stirling's 'Dies the Fire', the first of the Emberverse books.
https://storiesonline.net/s/26846/across-eternity-book-3
is the third story in a series. Author is https://storiesonline.net/a/Sage_of_the_Forlorn_Path
I read that scene yesterday.
Yes, that's the one. Thank you very much! I must've looked at this first, then bookmarked the first book, which of course doesn't have this scene :-)
-FB