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THEC ULT OFL OVING K INDNESS
Copyright ┬й 1991 by Paul Park. All rights reserved.
ISBN: 1-930815-50-6

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The Cult of Loving
Kindness
The Starbridge Chronicles: Book III
By Paul Park




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Part 1:
Mr. Sarnath
A man had been arrested at the port of Caladon. His disembarkation papers had been smudged with
sweat. Further investigation had revealed a false bottom to his suitcase.
Sulky, unimpassioned, he stood on the veranda of the customs shed, where the deputy administrator sat
behind his desk. Around them the dark night was full of noises. Insects buzzed around the lamppost in the
yard.
The deputy administrator leaned forward in his chair. He balanced one pointed elbow on the blotter of
his desk, and with the fingers of one hand he combed delicately through a pile of small copper
medallions. Each one was stamped with the image of the shining sun.

Under the desktop light they seemed to glow. The deputy administrator rubbed his eyes. It was the fourth
hour after sunset; behind him in the shed, the senior deputy director was already drunk, asleep and
snoring. At intervals his liquid grunts would seep out past the curtained doorway, mixing with more subtle
forest sounds.