"Simon R. Green - Deathstalker - 2 - Deathstalker Rebellion" - читать интересную книгу автора (Green Simon R)

traveled to the planet Shandrakor, with its boiling jungles and endless carnage,
and at the Last Standing of the Deathstalker Clan they discovered Owen's ancestor
of some nine hundred years earlier, the man called Giles, first Warrior Prime of
the Empire and creator of the terrible Darkvoid Device. He took them to the
Wolfling World, where they met the last Wolfling, sole survivor of his genetically
engineered kind. They passed through the Madness Maze and were changed,
emerging much more than they had been.

Together they would inspire and lead the greatest rebellion the Empire would ever
know.

In her palace of brass and steel, set within a massive steel bunker deep below the
surface of the planet Golgotha, the Empress Lionstone XIV, the beautiful and
adored, whose word was law and at whose whim blood flowed and people died
horribly. At her side, the Lord High Dram, Warrior Prime and Consort, called by
some Widowmaker, though never to his face. At her command, loyal subjects like
Captain Silence and Investigator Frost of the starship Dauntless. At her feet, the
Families jostled and conspired to win her favor, and hunted down her enemies
without mercy. Lionstone had strengths and surprises of her own and would not
easily be brought down.

And watching from the sidelines, waiting to see which way the wind might blow,
many who might be swayed one way or the other. Valentine, head of Clan Wolfe,
favored and powerful, a dandy and drug user of legendary proportions. Kit
SummerIsle, head of his Clan, called by some Kid Death, the smiling killer.
Cardinal James Kassar, fanatic and rising star of the Church of Christ the Warrior.

In the shadows, the clone and esper underground fought their losing battles and
dared to dream of freedom. They had allies in the cyberats, computer hackers and

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non-people by choice, and also in restless younger sons who knew they would
never inherit the Family name and riches. And just occasionally a hero would
come to them, such as Finlay Campbell, once known as the Masked Gladiator,
unconquered champion of the Arena; and Mater Mundi, Our Mother Of All Souls,
uber-esper and unfathomable mystery, powerful beyond hope or sanity.

All the players were in place. The stage was set. All that was necessary now was
for someone to strike the first blow. Owen Deathstalker, that reluctant hero,
headed for Golgotha in the company of Hazel d'Ark, on a strange golden ship run
by augmented men once known as the Enemies of Humanity; and though posterity
has no access to his thoughts, they were probably "Why me?"
CHAPTER ONE
Golgotha, Opening Gambit
Why me? thought Owen Deathstalker as he headed for the toilet yet again. He
knew he wouldn't really need to do anything once he got there, but his bladder
wasn't listening to reason. Not for the first time, it had ideas of its own. He was