"Whitley Strieber - Cat Magic" - читать интересную книгу автора (Strieber Whitley)

Almost as if drugged, she slept. She dreamed she was Alice, falling forever down the dark well of
Wonderland.

Chapter 3
George dumped the bedroll he had brought up from his car onto the floor of the lab.

тАЬWhat the hell is this? You going camping?тАЭ

тАЬLiving here is the only certain way to guard this lab. Brother Pierce has flunkies at the sheriffs office. To
be safe, we have to assume he's also got them among the campus cops.тАЭ

тАЬI hadn't thought of that.тАЭ Clark touched the bedroll with his toe. тАЬI suppose you're right.тАЭ

тАЬI am right. This is Pierce's town, not Constance'sтАФa fact which we ignore at our peril.тАЭ

тАЬConstance was unhappy to hear what happened. She sends you a good wish.тАЭ

тАЬWhy not an effective spell against that cretin? I'm telling you, Clark, Connie's got to either support me or
abandon me. There's no middle territory with this.тАЭ

Clark looked steadily at him. тАЬI think a little equivocation is inevitable, given the personal consequences
she faces if you succeed.тАЭ

George sighed. He couldn't really blame Constance Collier. He understood why she rejected him; his
work involved the transfer of power at the Covenstead. Of course it was hard for Connie. One leaf falls,
another takes its place. The trees persists, but for the blazing leaf autumn is a catastrophe.

тАЬShe has to accept it. She's getting old. God, they initiated her with a bullet to the head. She should be
glad that science might take the risk out of it for Amanda.тАЭ

тАЬNothing will take the risk out of it. The risk is on the other side. You might ensure that the body will
come alive again, but nobody can be certain that the soul will find its way back.тАЭ

тАЬSo Connie says. But at least the inheritor's soul will have a body to return to. In the past that often
wasn't the case.тАЭ

тАЬThe problem is, they don't always want to come back.тАЭ

тАЬWell, that isn't our concern. We're only responsible for the body. Speaking of which, let's get to work
and see if this lab's been booby-trapped or what.тАЭ

Clark moved to his station. He began testing their most important pieces of equipment, the devices that
killed and restarted the intercranial electrical field. With this apparatus they were learning to turn brains on
and off like electric switches. тАЬHow seriously booby-trapped?тАЭ

George went to him. тАЬA problem?тАЭ

тАЬNot yet. It just occurred to me that it might blow up in my face. A booby trap could be a bomb, if
they're really serious.тАЭ