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

from the amateur scholar who just wanted the world to leave him alone."

Owen smiled briefly. "The world insisted on being heard. I can't go back to being
what I was, much as I might like to. I've seen too much, done too much. But don't
ever see me as some kind of warrior or hero. I might have to play the part for the
rebellion, but it's not me. I'll fight when I have to, and that's it. And when it's all
over, and the fighting's done, I'll be only too happy to climb back up into my ivory
tower and kick the ladder away. I've spent most of my life trying to be the scholar
I wanted to be rather than the warrior my Family expected. Circumstances may
compel me to act the hero, but circumstances change, and the moment I'm no
longer needed, I'll become an historian again so fast it'll make your head spin.
People watching will suffer from whiplash."

Hazel sniffed, fitting her gun back together with calm, practiced fingers. "It's
fighters, not dreamers, who make things change."

"I know what you want," said Owen, just a little testily. "You think all of us who
went through the Maze should use our special abilities to cut a bloody path
straight through the Empire to Golgotha, so that you could strut right into the
Imperial Palace and take on the Empress head to head. Well, you can forget that.
The moment we step out into the open, Lionstone will step on us, hard, even if it
takes half her fleet to do it. We're not gods or superhumans. We've been given a
few extra abilities, that's all. Very useful abilities, but only if used in the right
ways at the right times."
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"You're no fun," said Hazel. "What did the others think? I suppose they all wanted
to pussyfoot around, too?"

Owen frowned. "Giles wanted to spend the next few years gathering data from a
distance and develop hidden power bases throughout the Empire, before risking
catching Lionstone's attention. If we'd listened to him, we'd still have been sitting
on our ass twenty years from now, wondering if it was the right time yet. He
hasn't been the same since he killed Dram. He's gone all cautious and
noncommittal. Jack Random wanted to raise an army on the strength of his name
and fight the Empire world by world, like he used to. He had to be reminded
rather forcibly that his old way hadn't worked then and wouldn't work now. Ruby
Journey just wanted to kill someone as soon as possible. And the WolflingтАж
wanted to be left alone. So I've been making most of the decisions, of late,
because everyone else was too busy sulking."

"Maybe I should have got more involved, after all," said Hazel.

"We all asked you at one time or another. You didn't want to know. You were
always off on your own somewhere, preoccupied with your own business.
Whatever that might have been. Target shooting with your new toys, or trying to