"Robert E. Mills - Starfighter" - читать интересную книгу автора (Mills Robert)

venturers reached the planet Palos, in the outworlds of
the Nova Vega system. This was the stronghold of the
Fellowship of Light, and there Dann and Nila claimed
the right of suppliants and asked for the aid of the
galaxy's former guardians. Garthane, the imposing and
serene High Master of the order (a man nearly three
hundred years old !), invoked the power of the Infinite
Oneness and pledged the Fellowship's aid, immediately
recalling to Palos the scattered members of the now-
depleted order.
Following this, Garthane sent Nila and Rian back to
Aurea Solis, where she was to rally the League of Free
Worlds and inform its chiefs of Garthane' s strategy; the
star-pirate and his crew would train the League's pilots
and impart to its people their great fund of technical
know-how and combat skills. Then, to the amazement
of the others, the High Master told Dann Oryzon that he
was to stay and be initiated into 1he Fellowship, an
order that combined worldly and martial-arts skills with
spiritual enlightenment. After the completion of the
arduous and months-long initiation, consummated by
an act of mass levitation caused by a "mind-lock," the
result of the members' collective state of "At-One"
with the Infinite, Garthane revelaed to Dann the fact
that he was was his true father.
Nila brought the League Garthane's message, and
Red Rian trained its pilots. Like Dann, the pirate
changed much in the last days before the coming of the
Dark Armada; and he, like the young Aquaean, fell in
love with the lady from the golden planet. Nila herself
had strong feelings for both men. But there was too little
time for this complication to be resolved; the Dark
Empire came first.
Through treachery, Blorg managed to recapture Nila.

He then took her to Ylang's lair in the subterranean
Forbidden City of Kordor-along with the League's
battle-plans. Displaying incredible audacity, Rian and
his crew went after Blorg, and the star-pirate boldly
confronted the horrible Ylang and challenged his favor-
ite to mortal combat, the stakes being safe passage to
Aurea Solis, should he be victorious. Mortal combat,
foul-play and a series of remarkable events ensued,
fascinating even the bored and immortal Ylang (for the
eternal are prey to the constant threat of boredom). As a
"reward" for their boldness, Ylang was about to con-
sume his visitors, who were saved only by the arrival
and intervention of Garthane and Dann. Ylang was
distracted by an earthquake caused1Jy the Fellowship's
collective powers of mind, and Dann was able to lead