"David Gemmell - The Damned 02 - The Swords Of Night And Day" - читать интересную книгу автора (Gemmel David)

a time of evil so colossal, so all-consuming, that men no longer recognized it. They built weapons so
horrifying that they could devour whole cities, and turn entire continents to ash. They poisoned the air,
and poisoned the seas, and tore down the trees that kept the earth alive.тАЩ

Weldi shivered. тАШWhat happened to them?тАЩ

тАШMercifully they destroyed themselves before they could kill the whole planet.тАЩ

тАШAnd what has this to do with our friend, and his death?тАЩ

Ustarte glanced back at the work party. The hilltop was bare once more. Within a few weeks there
would be no sign of the tomb. The wind would blow dust over the site, grass would grow, and he would
lie beneath the earth, silently waiting. She shivered.

тАШThese ancients left many artefacts, Weldi. In the Resurrection temple there are objects like these,
used for manipulating life itself. In other places there are more sites, dedicated not to life but to death and
destruction. The more the priests delve into the secrets of these artefacts, the closer they will come to
recreating the horror of those ancient days.тАЩ

тАШCan we stop them, Holy One?тАЩ

She shook her head, an angry glint in her blue eyes. тАШI cannot. I do not have the power, and my time is
running out. I have looked in the Mirror and seen many desolate futures. It tore my heart to watch them.
Armies of Joinings rampaging across the nations, corrupted priests wielding arcane powers, the skies
dark with deadly rain. Fear, desolation and evil rampant. I saw the end of the world, Weldi.тАЩ She
shuddered. тАШBut in one future I did see our friend, born again to fulfil a prophecy that might end the
terror.тАЩ

тАШA prophecy? Whose prophecy?тАЩ

тАШMine.тАЩ

тАШYours? What is this prophecy?тАЩ

Ustarte smiled. тАШI do not know yet, Weldi.тАЩ

тАШHow can that be, Holy One? It is your prophecy.тАЩ

тАШIndeed it will be. But such are the frustrations of seeing time fragments out of place. All that I truly
know now is that our friend will live again. I know the Swords of Night and Day will aid him. I know that
the dead will walk beside him. More than that I cannot say.тАЩ

тАШAnd he will save the world?тАЩ

Ustarte stared back at the hilltop. тАШI donтАЩt know, Weldi. But if I was looking for a man to achieve the
impossible, that man would be Skilgannon the Damned.тАЩ