"Raymond E. Feist - Riftwar 3 - A Darkness at Sethanon" - читать интересную книгу автора (Feist Raymond E)

on the verge of an open break between Warlord and
Emperor, but Kamatsu vowed to carry Pug's warning of
this alien terror to the High Council, for Pug was
convinced that should Midkemia fall, Kelewan would
follow. Pug was met by his old friend Hochopepa, a
fellow magician, a Great One of the Empire. Hochopepa
agreed to plead Pug's case before the Assembly, for Pug
had been named traitor to the Empire and was under
sentence of death. But before he could depart, they were
assaulted magically and captured by the Warlord's men.
Arutha and his party reached the Black Lake,
Moraelin, avoiding a number of moredhel patrols and


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sentries. Galain the elf was sent by Tomas to carry news of
another possible entrance to Moraelin. He told Arutha he
would accompany them to the edge of the 'Tracks of the
Hopeless', the canyon surrounding the plateau where
Moraelin lay. Arutha and his company made their way to
the Black Lake and discovered a strange black building,
which they took to be a Valheru ediface. The search for
Silverthorn was fruitless, and Arutha and the others spent
the night in a cave below the surface of the plateau, where
they decided they must enter the building.
Pug and his companions awoke in a cell and found
their magic blocked by an enchantment. Pug was
questioned by the Warlord and his two magician allies, the
brothers "Ergoran and Elgahar, about his purpose in
returning to the Empire. The Warlord was convinced it
had to do with political opposition to his plans to take
control of the Empire from the Emperor. Neither he nor
Ergoran believed Pug's story of a strange power of
Tsurani origin menacing Midkemia. Elgahnr later came to
Pug's cell to discuss the matter further, and said he would
consider Pug's warning. Before he left, he whispered a
speculation to Pug, which Pug agreed was possible.
Hochopepa asked Pug what that speculation was, but Pug
refused to discuss it. Later, Pug, Meecham, and Dominic

were put to torture After Dominic entered a trance to
block the pain, and Meecham was rendered senseless,' Pug
Was tortured. The pain and his resistance to the magic
blocking his own caused Pug to succeed in using Magic of
the Lesser Path, something thought impossible heretofore.
He freed himself and his companions as the Emperor
arrived with the Lord of the Shinzawai. The Warlord was
executed for treason and Pug was granted permission to