Present Tense (Dave Duncan) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги (ч. 4)

But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.

COWPER, The Task

Men plot evil upon the holy mountain. The servants of the one do the work of the many. They send unto D'ward, mouthing oaths like nectar. Their voices are sweet as roses, yea sweeter than the syrup that snares the diamond—Øy. He is lured to destruction by the word of a friend, by the song of a friend he is hurled down among the legions of death.

Filoby Testament, 114