"J. Robert King - Invasion Cycle 02 - Planeshift" - читать интересную книгу автора (King Robert J)

Like a claw, it ripped the rest of the enemy flack from the
sky.
Worse was coming. A ball of black mana hurtled over
the hills. It welled up behind the massive head of Urza's
titan engine. The goo struck, spattering across the metal. It
hissed, seeking to crack through seams.
Pausing in midstride, Urza flung off the clinging stuff. It
fell across Phyrexians below and ate them away. Urza's
engine took another step, and more black-mana shots filled
the sky.
"We're not going to last long up here!" Sisay called
through the speaking tube.
Gerrard answered with his gun. A pulse of plasma
smashed aside another black-mana bomb heading for the
ship. "Take us to Urza! See if he's got any great ideas."


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Weatherlight banked and surged toward the titan engine.
Rays darted out on all sides of the ship. Beams crisscrossed
in a deadly net. As the warship neared Urza, Gerrard stood
in the traces.
He saw too late. Scores of Phyrexian cannons had
drawn a bead on them. The energy that surged suddenly
through the dark sky was inescapable.
"Damn him," Gerrard cursed.




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Chapter 2
The Urborgan Beachhead

Urza's titan engine extended a massive metallic arm
around Weatherlight's amidships. Thran metal clamped on
living wood. The ship lurched to a halt above clambering
armies of Phyrexians.
"What theтАФ!" Gerrard growled, slinging sideways in
his gunnery traces. He slammed against the red-hot chassis
of the gun. Gritting his teeth, he managed to squeeze off
two more rounds. The rays stabbed from the cannon barrel
and turned the air into a pair of red fists. They soared down