"Patrick Tilley - Amtrak 1 - Cloud Warrior" - читать интересную книгу автора (Tilley Patrick)

that his destiny was bound up with the greater destiny of the
Plainfoak.

Cadillac gave up his search of the sky and turned to Mr Snow. He had
no need to tell the old man what he had been looking for. Mr Snow, his
teacher and guide since early childhood, who spoke to the Sky Voices,
knew these things; knew everything.


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'Is this the year of the Great Dying?" asked Cadillac.

'This is the year it begins,' said Mr Snow.

'When will the iron snakes come?"

Mr Snow closed his eyes, breathed in deeply, and turned his face
towards the sun. The sky had now turned a deep blue. Cadillac waited
patiently.

Eventually, the answer came. 'When the moon's face has turned away
three times."

'And what of the cloud warrior the Sky Voices have chosen?"

Mr Snow let the air out of his body with a long sigh and dropped his
head onto his chest. His eyes fluttered open.

'His journey towards us begins. He dreams the dreams of young men. Of
feats of valour, of triumph, of power, of greatness." Mr Snow raised
his eyes and looked at Cadillac.

'But like all young men, he thinks these things are gifts. He does not
yet know how much the world pays for such dreams."




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TWO

The one hundred members of Eagle Squadron jerked back their shoulders
and sat bolt upright in their desks as the Flight Adjudicator entered
the briefing room. The Adjudicator surveyed them briefly with grey
expressionless eyes then scanned the list displayed on his video-pad.