"Alexander Kazantsev. The Destruction of Faena (ГИБЕЛЬ ФАЭНЫ, англ.)" - читать интересную книгу автора

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Alexander Kazantsev


Peace is the virtue of civilisation.
War is its crime.
Victor Hugo

PART ONE


Tension

Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,Profaners of
this neighbour-stained steel.
Will they not hear?-
What ho! You men, you beasts.
That quench the fire of your pernicious rage
With purple fountains issuing from your veins.
On pain of torture, from those bloody hands
Throw your mistempered weapons to the ground...

W. Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet

Chapter One

THE WAVE


Translation of an extraterrestrial message inscribed in the language of
the Faetians who lived on Faena a million years ago. (Books 2 and 3 of my
science-fantasy novel, The Faetians, tell of who wrote and sent this message
to Earth and who deciphered it.)

The only daughter of the Dictator of Powermania, an ancient continent
of Faena, was named Yasna after her mother. Her father, Yar Jupi, had been
hoping for a son, but he loved his daughter beyond measure. He kept dreaming
that she would grow up, get married and leave him. When, as was the custom,
he needed to give his grown-up daughter a final name, he could think of
nothing better than calling her Mada, which meant Falling-in-love. Surnames
on Faena were borrowed from the stars and planets. For example. Mar, Jupi,
Alt or Sirus.
Mada Jupi took after her mother: she was called beautiful. Her face
baffled the artists, being lively, always changing, now merry, now clear,
now pensive. How could they paint her? She typified the best of the
longfaces, but the oval of her features was moderate and soft, her nose was
straight and her lips were firmly compressed.
This blue-eyed Faetess (as they were called on Faena) was met on the
Great Shore by Ave Mar, a visitor to Powermania. The girl was coming out of