"Michael Kane - 01 - Warriors Of Mars" - читать интересную книгу автора (Moorcock Michael)

had existed millions of years ago, during the Age
of Reptiles. Somehow both space and time had
been crossed. That matter transmitter had more to
it than we'd guessed!

Another thing puzzled me. The people did not
appear to have a great deal of technology visible in
the cityЧyet they had space-ships.

"How could this be?" I asked her.

"We did not build the ethercraft. They were a
gift from the SheevЧas were these mind-crowns.
We have a science of our own but it cannot com-
pare to the great wisdom and knowledge of the
Sheev."

"Who are the Sheev?"

"They are very great and few of them still live.
They are remote and of an older race than any on
Vashu. Our philosophers speculate on their origin,
but we know little about them."

I let that go for the time being and decided it
was about the moment to introduce myself.

"I am called Michael Kane," I said.

"I am Shizala, Bradhinaka of the Kanala, and
ruler in the absence of the Bradhi."

I learned that the Bradhi was about the equiva-
lent of our 'kang', although the title did not suggest
that the man who held it possessed absolute power.

Perhaps Guide would be a better oneЧor Protec-
tor? Bradhinaka meant, roughly, PrincessЧdaugh-
ter of the King.

"And where is the Bradhi?" I asked.

I saw her face become sad and she glanced at
the ground.

"My father disappeared two years agoЧon a
punitive expedition against the Argzoon. He must
have been killed or, if he was captured, killed him-
self. It is better to die than become a prisoner of
the Blue Giants."