"Steve Perry - Matador 6 - Black Steel" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Steven)

"Oh, I got lots of questions, but they'll keep. Pull over at that intersection, next to the used flitter lot."

" Why?"

"Since money isn't a problem, we're gonna buy another vehicle. "

"What on Earth for?"

"Because I haven't had time to check this one out. The thing with hiring me is, you do what I say when it
comes to security; that's the only way I can shade the odds our way."

Reason nodded. He guided the flitter to a stop.

"I get out first, you don't until I say it's okay."

Reason nodded again.

Sleel stepped out and looked around. Nobody obvious was following them. The sunshine was warm, the
smell of local flora thick, mixed with the more acrid stinks of civilization. He waited for thirty seconds,
scanning the surroundings. Nothing. "Okay, let's go," he said.

As the two of them moved into the used flitter lot, Sleel felt an urge to smile. He hadn't worked for
almost six months and still had enough stads to go another half a year before he had to find a job, but
this was the right thing to do. Reason had helped them when they needed it; fair was fair. Things had
been slow since Sleel and the others had helped Emile kill Marcus Wall-again.

"Pick something in a nice color," Sleel said, gesturing at the flitters and ground carts parked around
them. "And tell me about the woman with the sword."

Reason drove, Sleel watched for danger. The flitter was a couple of seasons old, low klickage, and while
not armored, unlikely to be rigged for a bomb or any electronic listening devices. Somebody could
retrieve the other flitter later when Sleel had time to check it out.

"This is the third attacker with a sword," Reason said. "The first one showed up on my island in Puget
Sound three weeks ago. He somehow got past all my perimeter defenses and into my house. He didn't
see through my holoproj like you did-I've improved the image, by the way-and I had him immobilized
for questioning when he came to. I used a mild form of sleeptox, but he didn't wake up, he died."



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"Unusual," Sleel said.

"It certainly surprised me. Not as much as the failure of my wards to keep him out. I figured that if one
man could get that far it might be a good idea to move until I found the problem in my security systems."

"Good thinking."