Others replaced it, though, black faceless shapes rushing in from all sides, no two alike, but all with reaching claws.

He was back-lit by the sunshine, just a dark, faceless shape.

Shouting to the warriors around him for dingor, he hurled his Lords-fire down at the faceless shapes, battered them into sand.

"We are here to deal," said the other faceless shape.

Just faceless shapes that were supposed to be people, aliens in a reptile den.

All around her, the others of the little com- pany slept, save whoever among them kept guard, a dim, faceless shape at the edge of their camp.

Safe in the darkness, faceless shapes of menace, shadows aligned against his will.

There: very close, climbing the hull with one hand on his gun, a faceless, pudgy shape barely visible in shadow.

He was only a shape, faceless, to be feared, yet all- powerful.

There: very close, climbing the hull with one hand on his gun, a faceless, pudgy shape barely visible in shadow, He climbed past Thomas and kept moving.