"Robert Doherty - Area 51 - Nosferatu" - читать интересную книгу автора (Doherty Robert)

Nosferatu paused, the words sinking into the sandstone, replaced by utter
silence. Nosferatu indicated that the man to the screen's right should speak
next.
The voice spoke English like a song, the Chinese background unmistakable. "I
am Tian Dao Lin." He leaned forward, revealing Oriental features and a bald,
liver-spotted scalp. He wore a black silk robe with a single red dragon

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embroidered on each loose sleeve. "I was made underneath the great mountain tomb
Qian-Ling by Artad himself in consort with a sacrificial girl well before even
the dynasty of ShiHuangdi, the first true Emperor of the Middle Kingdom." He
turned toward Nosferatu. "We met many, many years ago, a most fascinating story
that I will tell you if you wish"тАФhe glanced at the third occupant of the roomтАФ
"but at another time and place as we are here for business." Tian Dao Lin leaned
back in his seat.
 The third person in the room waited a few seconds before speaking. Then he
stood, a formidable figure, over six and a half feet in height and as erect as a
soldier on parade. His skin was pale, his face perfectly smooth and unlined
except for a single scar down the left side from the edge of the eye to the edge
of his mouth. He had a prominent nose, giving him the appearance of a hunting
hawk. His eyes were slanted, though not as much as Tian Dao Lin's, and his long
red hair flowed over his shoulders. He was dressed in black pants and shirt made
of some soft material that absorbed what little light there was in the room.
"I too was made by Artad in consort with a human girl, but long after you,
Tian Dao Lin. The name I choose others to know me as now is Adrik. I haveтАФas
have both of youтАФbeen called by many other names over the years. I am here to
find out this business that the Eldest, Nosferatu, proposes."
Adrik retook his seat.
Nosferatu placed his fingers lightly on the edge of the table as if keeping
himself balanced. "As you both know, we have a stronger genetic link with the
humans than with the Airlia. We look like them and can even pass as human. It is
our bloodтАФthe Airlia blood that runs through our veinsтАФthat makes us different
from humans and has kept us alive through the ages."

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Nosferatu continued. "The Airlia are gone. The Ones Who WaitтАФwho were in a way
brethren to us but under the thrall of Artad and manufactured, not bredтАФare also
gone as far as can be determined. Aspasia's Shadow, who meddled many times with
us, is dead and his guides ineffective since the humans took over and destroyed
the Master Guardian, effectively shutting down all the subordinate Guardian
computers upon which the Guides relied.
"It is a new age."
Nosferatu paused and looked around the table, waiting. He knew there were
different agendas here and he wanted to know what they were before he got to
his.
Tian Dao Lin was the first to speak. "A new age, but the humans believe it is
their age now. I do not think they will treat us any better than the Airlia or
their minions did. We may look like them but we are most definitely not the