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David asked this question about The Desert Spear (Demon Cycle, #2):

Question about Fort Krasia: Not getting this whole desert spear thing. They break spears in every fight with every demon, yet they're in a tree-less desert. There's no trade. They use arrows like crazy and "scorpion" ballista for shooting huge spear projectiles. Which some at least must burn up by fire demons. So where does all this dang wood come from?

Russell The only excuse I can come up with is that perhaps they already had great stores of the stuff, but as their population of warriors has been decimated …moreThe only excuse I can come up with is that perhaps they already had great stores of the stuff, but as their population of warriors has been decimated many many many times over now, they find themselves with an extraordinary abundance of materials or finished weapons.(less)

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