He proceeded through the doorway into the near blackness of a small entry, found the stairway beyond, and began to climb.

Even in the near blackness.

Even in the near blackness, he saw this point hit its mark.

He came up holding a short, wicked little blade Maybrick could just make out in the near blackness.

Apart from Procter bowling like the wind in near blackness having batted brilliantly, the cricket was not much to boast about but for drama....

The surefooted Allanon moved steadily ahead, his tall form unmistakable even in the near blackness, and the two Southlanders followed dutifully.

In the near blackness, O'Layle saw nothing.

By contrast with its near blackness, the dry beach sand was surprisingly white, and audible as they crossed it to the small dock where a fourteen-foot skiff was tied.

The leader of the free-born and the Valeman went still as well, crouched in the near blackness, listening.

It is a gentler counterpart to last year's dazzling "Black Diamond," for two women dancing on two platforms in near blackness.