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

"Someone's got to watch your back. Besides, I was getting bored just sitting
around back there. A complete lack of human comforts, far too much talking, and
no action of any kind. I need to be doing something, or I get cranky."

"I had noticed," Owen said dryly. "Trust me; the plan will work. It's been
discussed from every angle and subjected to intense analysis. Even the Hadenmen
liked it. This mission is just what we need to start the rebellion with a bang.
Something to make the whole Empire sit up and take notice."

"Oh, sure. They can all tune in their holos and watch us getting our ass kicked in
living color. Probably repeat it at prime time, with extra slow motion for the
gooey bits."

"I thought I was the nervous one?"

"You are. I'm just practical."

"So am I. That's why this plan is the best way to announce the rebellion's
presence. We can't hope to win a head-on fight. They've got far more men and
guns and ships than we have. So instead, we launch a lightning attack and hit them
where it really hurts. In their pockets. With the Hadenmen's help, we'll slip right
past Golgotha's defenses unobserved, sneak our way into the main Income Tax
and Tithe Headquarters, perform our little act of economic sabotage, and be gone
before anyone even knows we were there. It's really very elegant when you think
about it. We transfer a whole bunch of credits to our preprepared rebel accounts,
and then erase and scramble everything else.

"Thus, we not only kick the Empire and Church where it really hurts, and give a
major boost to rebel funds, but we also make a lot of friends among the general
populace when they realize the Empire won't be able to tax them again until
they've got all the records sorted out and reestablished. Which could take years.
Hazel, could you at least try and look interested in what I'm telling you? You
managed to avoid most of the strategy sessions, but you need to understand what
we're going to be doing down there."

"No I don't. Just point me in the right direction and turn me loose. If it even looks
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like an Imperial Guard, it's dead meat. I was good in a fight before we went
through the Maze, but I'm hell on wheels now. I've got all kinds of abilities I never
had before, and I can't wait to try them out."

Owen sighed quietly. "We're not just fighters anymore, Hazel. Like it or not,
we've become important figures in the rebellion. If we can pull this off, we'll