"JONES, J.V. - THE BARBED COIL" - читать интересную книгу автора (Jones J. V)

Five weeks before kingship. Five weeks before the start. Five weeks
to prepare himself to do what must be done.

So much power in the number five, so much ancient and terrible magic.

The one who would soon be king turned his gaze to the west. The Vorce
Mountains were spikes in his mind's eye. The last vestiges of snow on
their peaks were a virgin's colors meant to taunt him. He would enjoy
bloodying the mountain passes; thrusting through the time-worn gorges
to the fertile land beyond.

Garizon had been too long without a saltwater port, too long without a
shore to call its own. But then it had been too long without so much
more as well. Crushed, defeated, subjugated, then forgotten, Garizon
had survived on blood and dirt and bile.

Fifty years had passed since it last had a king. More than enough time
for those to the west to die, or forget, or lose their minds to
syphilis. More than enough time for Garizon to be styled our grain
field in the east and our friend in times of need?

Garizon would soon be no one's friend in need. Ganzon had needs of its
own now. Pride had to be restored. Land had to be reclaimed. A king
had to be crowned with the Barbed Coil of gold.

Fifty years of subjugation versus five hundred years of conflict. The
one who would soon be king smiled to himself as he ran through the
trees. The west had a short memory, and those who failed to remember
were destined to a fate far worse than repeating their mistakes.

San Diego Union-Tribune, March 28

THWARTED BANK ROBBERS MAKE OFF

WITH SECURITY DEPOSIT BOXES

By Jeff Welz

Special to the Union-Tribune

A security officer was shot in the chest and approximately three
hundred safety deposit boxes were stolen in a break-in on Tuesday night
at the La Havra National Bank in Chula Vista.

Samuel Ossaco, 46. is listed in critical condition at Scripps Memorial
Hospital. He was able to alert the police approximately forty minutes
after the robbers left the scene by setting off a manual al ann All
telephone lines appear to have been cut before the break-in.

The robbers attempted to gain access to the main holding safe by using