"Lars Walker - Blood and Judgment" - читать интересную книгу автора (Walker Lars)

Blood and Judgment
Lars Walker
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are
fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

Copyright ┬й 2003 by Lars Walker

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof
in any form.

A Baen Books Original

Baen Publishing Enterprises
P.O. Box 1403
Riverdale, NY 10471
www.baen.com

ISBN: 0-7434-7173-3

Cover art by Gary Ruddell

First printing, December 2003



Distributed by Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020

Production by Windhaven Press, Auburn, NH
Printed in the United States of America
For Mark and Patty
Many thanks are due to Prof. Dale Nelson of Mayville State University, North Dakota, and to
Dave Alpern, for making time to read the manuscript of this book. Their comments and
suggestions were insightful and invaluable.
BAEN BOOKS by Lars Walker
Erling's Word
Wolf Time
The Year of the Warrior
Blood and Judgment
 PROLOGUE
"Who needs counselors?" asked Ben. His brother Frank stretched the blanket over the
window while he smashed it in with a brick. The glass fell inside the building almost silently.
"Not us, man," said Frank. He folded the blanket over the frame to protect them from shards
and they scrambled inside.
"Damn straight," said Ben. "We coulda spent thousands of bucks on some fancy-ass shrink,
but we worked it out on our own."
"That's right, bro."
Inside, they stood facing each other in street light from the window, two men with ponytails.
Ben was a large, fat, bearded man in jeans and a black leather jacket. Frank was a skinny bearded