With a supreme effort of will Hunter rose above the branches of the oak, screaming and hissing his defiance at the fast approaching giant. Then he turned and fled, that one close glimpse of the monter's massive head prompting him to accelerate more quickly than he had ever done before. The Eagle Owl made a slight change in his direction and put on a surge of power in pursuit of his latest prey.

'Then, suddenly, as Hunter strained wing and sinew to stay ahead of death, the monster paused in mid-flight, hovered for moment above the confines of the forest and then crashed down among the trees with a mighty howl of triumph...'