"Brin, David - Uplift 05 - Infinity's Shore" - читать интересную книгу автора (Brin David)

ing mullet near Key Biscayne, safe from a harsh universe.
But the attempt at make-believe failed. One paramount dif-
ference reminded him this was an alien world.
Sound.

Чa beating of tides rising up the continental shelfЧa
complex rhythm tugged by three moons, not one.

Чan echo of waves, breaking on a shore whose abrasive
sand had a strange, sharp texture. Х

Чan occasional distant groaning that seemed to rise out
of the ocean floor itself.

Чthe return vibrations of his own sonar clicks, tracing
schools of fishlike creatures, moving their fins in unfamiliar
ways.

Чabove all, the engine hum just behind him ... a ca-
dence of machinery that had filled Kaa's days and nights
for five long years.

And now, another clicking, groaning sound. The clipped
poetry of duty.

" Relent, Kaa, tell us,

* In exploratory prose,

* Is it safe to come? *

infiniru's Shore 3

The voice chased Kaa like a fluttering, sonic conscience.
Reluctantly, he swerved around to face the submarine
Hikahi, improvised from ancient parts found strewn across
this planet's deep seafloorЧa makeshift contraption that
suited a crew of misfit fugitives. Clamshell doors closed
ponderously, like the jaws of a huge carnivore, cycling to
let others emerge in his wake ... if he gave the all clear.

Kaa sent his Trinary reply, amplified by a saser unit
plugged into his skull, behind his left eye.

* If water were all

* We might be in heaven now.

* But wait! I'll check above! *