"Scott Westerfeld - Uglies 3 - Specials" - читать интересную книгу автора (Westerfeld Scott)

PATIENT

GOING HOME

DAVID

EMERGENCYMEETING

CONFESSION

CRUMBLING

OPERATION

TEARS

RUINS

THE PLAN

MANIFESTO

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 

PartI

BEINGSPECIAL

 

 

By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

—Rabindranath Tagore, "Stray Birds"

 

CRASHING A BASH

 

 

The six hoverboards slipped among the trees with the lightning grace of playing cards thrown flat and spinning. The riders ducked and weaved among ice-heavy branches, laughing, knees bent and arms outstretched. In their wake glowed a crystal rain, tiny icicles shaken from the pine needles to fall behind, aflame with moonlight.