The Interlopers Summary

The Interlopers involves two families that have been feuding over a strip of forest for decades. The courts ruled in the Gradwitz family's favour but the Znaeym family never accepted this.

One night, Ulrich takes a group of men into the forest with him searching for his enemy as he suspects he is hunting game on his land. When they finally come face to face, a lightning bolt strikes the tree and it falls, pinning them both to the floor, right beside each other.

As they sit talking, they speak of what is going to happen when their men reach them first, how they will kill the other when their men release them from this massive tree. Ulrich drinks his wine flask and after a while he offers it to Georg. He wants to end their feud and Georg agrees. They offer to be friends after this ordeal.

They decide to shout for their men to find them. After shouting for some time, they hear footsteps and noises in the distance. They shout louder as what they think are men come closer. When they get close enough, the men realize that these are not men, but are hungry wolves on their way to eat the two defenseless men.

Hawk of The Hills Summary

Hawk of The Hills takes place in Afghanistan and is told from a view two different perspectives, one being El Borak and the other being Geoffrey Willoughby. It starts off with El Borak and his tribes being invited to a feast by a man named Afdal Khan. When they arrive, all of them are slaughtered in the night and El Borak is the only survivor. This begins a war between Afdal Khan and his men and El Borak and his.

Geoffrey Willoughby, Geoff for short, is a British diplomat and is being escorted by Afdal Khan's uncle. Geoff believes the war can be solved via diplomacy and tries to convince Afdal Khan to peacefully apologize to and compensate El Borak. His attempt fails so his Uncle abandons him and rides off.

Afdal Khan's uncle's men move to kill Geoff when El Borak and his men come and capture him from their grasps. They are attacked by the men as they hide in a cave for an entire day. When night falls, El Borak sneaks out, kills a guard and escapes unnoticed. El Borak's men take Geoff to a stronghold where they begin to organize a rescue plan for El Borak, but before they can he appears on the horizon.

The stronghold is barraged with a large force but the defenses are too strong to be defeated. Geoff thinks he can end the war if he can get to Fort Ghazrael so El Borak guarantees his safe exit from the stronghold.

Eventually, Afdal Khan agrees to meet Geoff alone. When Geoff gets there, Afdal Khan betrays his word and tells Geoff that he is going to kill him. Right before he is killed, El Borak comes out of the rocks and challenges Afdal to a sword fight to the death. El Borak wins and the war ends.

Yay.