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

тАШYes, I know,тАЩ answered the man, a wealth of sadness in his voice. тАШThey are the Swords of Night and
Day. And I am Skilgannon the Damned.тАЩ

Landis curled his hand around one of the hilts. тАШDo not draw that blade,тАЩ said Skilgannon. тАШI have no
wish to see it.тАЩ With that he swung on his heel and walked back through the library. Landis placed the
Swords of Night and Day on the desk top and ran after him.

тАШWait!тАЩ he called. тАШPlease wait.тАЩ

Skilgannon paused, sighed, then turned. тАШWhy did you bring me back, Landis?тАЩ

тАШYou will understand why when you see the world outside my domain. There is great evil here,
Skilgannon. We need you.тАЩ

Skilgannon shook his head. тАШI do not remember much as yet, Landis, but I know I never was a god. In
every generation there are war leaders, heroes, men of valour. I may - just may - have been special in my
day. But you must have men of equal skill in this time.тАЩ

тАШWould that we had enough of them,тАЩ said Landis Kan, with feeling. тАШThere is a great war being
fought, but not - in the main - by men. We have a few doughty fighters, but we have survived this long
here for two reasons. First, my domain is largely inaccessible and offers no mineral wealth. Second, the
passes are guarded by our own Jiamads.тАЩ Landis hesitated, seeing the look of non-comprehension on
SkilgannonтАЩs face. тАШAh, but I see that I am getting ahead of my tale. You have no knowledge of the
Jiamads. In some ancient lands they were known as werebeasts, I believe, though in your time the word
was Joinings. Men and beasts melded together.тАЩ

SkilgannonтАЩs face hardened, his eyes glittering in the lantern light.

тАШYou remember them?тАЩ asked Landis.

тАШA glimpse only. But, yes, I fought them.тАЩ

тАШAnd you won!тАЩ

тАШThere is nothing that bleeds that I cannot kill, Landis.тАЩ

тАШExactly my point! You will not find more than a handful of men in this land who would dream of
saying that. We are on the verge of becoming a defeated species, Skilgannon.тАЩ

тАШAnd you think I can change this unhappy situation? Where is my army?тАЩ

тАШThere is no army, but I still believe you are the one man who can save us.тАЩ

тАШWhy?тАЩ

Landis shrugged and spread his hands. тАШThere was a prophecy concerning you. It was originally
inscribed on tablets of gold. And signed by the Blessed Priestess herself. But the tablets were lost.
Copies were made from memory, but many of these contained contradictions. However, there was a
map which showed the place where the priestess hid your body. It was a cunning map. Delightfully