"Kristine Kathryn Rusch - The Room of Lost Souls" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rusch Kristine Kathryn)

I havenтАЩt felt the thrill yet. I havenтАЩt felt fear either, which I consider a
victory. What I am feeling is nervous. I have no idea how any of this will play
out.

IтАЩm not sure how I want it to.
 Still, I try to maintain an upbeat attitude, the way I used to do when I
started dangerous dive missions in the past. I walk in front of the screens,
looking every member of the team in the eye as I speak.

I am not as honest with them as I was with Karl. I do mention
problemsтАФmy father, the loss of my mother to the Room, which is why Karl
will lead once we get to the stationтАФbut I do not mention my own
reservations.

Instead, I talk about the history.

тАЬWe are not looking for items to resell,тАЭ I say, although everyone
probably knows that. After all, theyтАЩve signed on to dive with me and Karl,
not some salvage divers or treasure hunters. тАЬWeтАЩre looking for
informationтАФanything that will tell us about the station, about who built it,
how it came to be hereтАФwhy itтАЩs out here at all so far away from
everythingтАФand what its purpose actually is.тАЭ

тАЬDo we know if the Room is an integral part of the station?тАЭ asks
Roderick. HeтАЩs slight but broad-shouldered, a landbound pilot, who
somehow became one of the most highly rated in the sector. I supervised
his first shift with the Business and was impressed. He found my control
shortcuts without explanation in a matter of minutes.

тАЬWe know nothing,тАЭ I say. тАЬWe donтАЩt know if the RoomтАЩs intentional or
part of an accident.тАЭ

тАЬWe do know,тАЭ Karl says, тАЬthat the habitats next to the Room have
been destroyed. But we donтАЩt know how. We donтАЩt know if someone
destroyed them trying to block access to the Room or if the Room was
something else and an accident or an explosion or something gone horribly
wrong created the damage that weтАЩll find around it.тАЭ

тАЬWeтАЩre not scientists,тАЭ says Odette. SheтАЩs the oldest diver, whom IтАЩd
partnered with long ago. She is standing in the back of the lounge near the
main exit, her stick-thin arms crossed. She looks delicate against the
bulkhead, as if nothing could prevent her from floating off into space. тАЬHow
are we supposed to know what happened in there or what any of it means?тАЭ

тАЬBetween us, we have centuries of experience with ancient
technologies.тАЭ IтАЩm mostly talking to her and Karl now, but some of the other
divers we hired have it as well. тАЬWeтАЩll know as much or more than any
scientist we bring out here.тАЭ
 тАЬBesides,тАЭ Karl says, тАЬwe are going to bring back as much information
as we can about the station. Our goal is to be the definitive historical