"Jennifer Roberson - CotC 4 - The House of Homana" - читать интересную книгу автора (Roberson Jennifer)

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THE HOUSE OF HOMANA

SHAINEm ELLINDA FERGUS m GWYNNETH
2} Lorsilla

HALEm LINOIR . TOURMALINE m FINN

AUX m DUNCAN CARILLON m ELECTRA x (7YNSTAR)

ALARIC m BRONWYN (SORCHA) x DONAL m AISLINN MEGHAN m EVAN

STRAHAN

(LILUTH) X IAN CE1NN m ISOLDE

TIERNAN

GISELLAm NIALL x (DEIRDRE)




MAEVE

BRENNAN HART CORIN KEELY

Prologue

I knelt in silence, in patience, right knee cushioned by
layers of rain-soaked leaves. Boot heel pressed against
buttock; the foot within the boot, perversely, threatened
suddenly to cramp. '

Not now, I told it, as if the thing might listen.

My left leg jutted up, offering a thigh on which I could
rest the arm supporting the compact bow. Support I
needed badly; I had knelt a very long time in the misted
forest, keeping my silence and my patience only because
the discipline my father and brother had taught me,, for
once, held true. Perhaps I was finally learning.

How many tones did Carillon kneel as I kneel, lying in
wait for the enemy?

My grandsire's name slipped easily into mouth or mind.
Perhaps for another man, perhaps for another grandson,
it would not. But for me, it was a legacy I did not always