What else the Star Captain might have added was blotted out in a roll from the talking drums, a roll which wrung harsh echoes from the surrounding hills.

No carpeting, the same pristine hardwood, harsh echoes.

The mustiness began to lift and the harsh echoes softened.

The harsh echoes re- verberated against the walls of the Weyr.

The harsh echoes reverberated against the walls of the Weyr.

Blade laughed, sending harsh echoes rolling around the tunnel in the darkness.

His voice filled the huge room, hissing and tumbling until the shadows gave his words back in harsh, sibilant echoes.

"Uh-oh," said Remo as the machine gun's harsh echoes died away.

The drivers darted forward, laughing, the harsh echoes of their triumph a sin against the weight of silent stone above.

I kept searching for an alcove or crevice, any refuge to avoid being herded toward the harsh echoes of fighting-detonations and clanging ricochets-as the first squadron of battle-golems advanced against bitter resistance.