"L. Warren Douglas - The Veil of Years 2 - Veil of Tears" - читать интересную книгу автора (Douglas L Warren)

continue to wait, until it's too late."


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"I'll listen," he said. "But not here. My soldiers have been repairing the roof of a snug farmhouse with a
hearth and a dry floor. Varro! Are my new quarters ready yet?"

They were readyтАФor near enough. Seeress and general soon retired there and, in considerably more
comfortable circumstances, she began a tale that was long indeed. . . .




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Part One - Veni

Provence: a land of harsh contrasts and lovelinesses. Its clear sunlight is tangible, with
taste and scent. The master wind that blows down great Rhodanus' valley has a soul, a
personality, and a name: Mistral. It blows the miasmas and fevers of the low land away
out to sea.
Wind and River are the heart and spirit of the land, and the people are its blood, ebbing
and flowing to the beat of Celtic drums, swords against Roman shields, and hoofbeats of
Franks and Moors. The pulse of the land is never still. Tribes long forgotten blend their