Jonah's eye caught on the flicker of the blade's

plasma sizzling red with blood-the weapon's dual blades protruded farther from his partner's chest.

Shaking himself from his daze, Jonah unloaded his Magnum's clip just over Roland's shoulders.

The bullets pinging off something large, but unseen; each round harmlessly deflected into the night. A replacement mag- azine clicked home in the pistol before the last of the barrage's shells hit the ground.-Chpt.7 pg.184