"Julian May - Trillium 3 - Sky Trillium" - читать интересную книгу автора (May Julian)

The second gift was a viaduct, one of those wondrous passageways that the Dark
Man and the sindona used in order to travel instantly from place to place about
the hollow moons. But this particular viaduct, invisible now, as its kind always

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were until an adept commanded their opening, led from the Dark Man's Moon
back to the world below. Its existence had been revealed to the prisoner on one
of his later visits.

Nerenyi Daral had warned him that the Archimage of the Firmament would
know instantly if anyone attempted to use the viaduct. And then Denby would
either lock it or bid it convey the prisoner to some ghastly new place of captivity.
Only if the Dark Man were killed or disabled would the passage lead to freedom.

A tiny glass container in Nerenyi's hand had been her third gift. Sheer
happenstance had finally drawn the thing to his attention two days ago and
caused him to ask what it contained. When he found out about the poison, he
began at once to plan his escape.

"I am ready to go now," he told her. "Star Lady, I beseech you to open the world-
viaduct for me."

Do you swear on the Star to re-create my Guild and carry out its great purpose,
restoring the balance of the world?

He grasped his medallion with one gloved hand. His fingers were losing
sensation and the deadly cold was fast penetrating the cloak as well.

"I do swear," he said.

Then take my own Star, dear adopted son and heir, and give it to one in whom
you place your utmost trust. With the help of the reborn Guild, reclaim the
Sceptre of Power. It is still capable of banishing the Conquering Ice. Learn to
control its perilous faculties and let the Sky Trillium shine again.

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Reverently, he detached her dead fingers from the medallion, lifted the jeweled
chain and pendant from her neck, and put it into his sack. "I will do as you
command… but now, Lady, I beg you to let me go forth, else I will surely freeze
to death on the brink of freedom."

Go. Viaduct system activate!