Some Examples: Alliteration

Below you will find some examples of alliteration from my favorite fantasy fiction stories. To help out I have highlighted some of the similar sounds to help identify the alliteration within the writing.

"I have seen a rumor born swathed in snug mystery left lying under the sun in the hills of the Gadrobi where the sheep have scattered on wolf-laden winds and the shepherds have fled a whispering of sands and it blinked in the glare a heart hardened into stone while the shadow of the Gates of Nowhere crept 'cross the drifting dust of home I have seen this rumor born a hundred thousand hunters of the heart in a city bathed in blue light..."
-P.538 Gardens of the Moon, Steven Erikson