By David Drake
The second one novel of The Books of the Elements.
The filthy rich Governor Saxa, of the good urban of Carce, has generously and lavishly sponsored a theatrical/religious occasion. in this problematic staging of Hercules founding a urban at the beaches of Lusitania, unusual and darkish magic turns the panoply right into a chilling occasion. The sky darkens and the waves crash within the flooded area. an exceptional creature rises from the ocean: a massive, tentacled horror on snake legs. It devastates town, a lot to the satisfaction of the gang. a couple of within the viewers, even supposing no longer Saxa, keep in mind that this was once no longer mere stagecraft, yet anything a lot darker and extra harmful. If all symptoms are being learn correct, this phantasm may possibly represent a dreadful intrusion of supernatural powers into the true international. Saxa’s son, Varus, has been the conduit for such an occasion as soon as before.
This new novel in David Drake’s chronicles of Carce, The Books of the weather, is as strong and difficult as that extraordinary theatrical occasion, a big myth for this 12 months.
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They were machines, made of dark, glistening metal, and they towered above her. Spots of white light from some unknown source winked off metallic surfaces, and reflected from coils and condensers. They didn't even look like objects. They were like the ghosts of objects because their shapes were indistinct, ambiguous, swathed in a darkness that had gradation and depth, and was textured with the layers of silence. A voice crackled in the tiny radio bug implanted in her ear. "Julie? " It was Stan Myakov-sky, calling from the Dolomite's central control room.
He had taught her to develop her latent senses so that she could register things without literally seeing or hearing them. That ability came to her rescue now. Yes, it was not just imagination. There was some-thing near, and it was situated right over ... there! She whirled as a great looming thing detached itself from the deep knot of shadows near a gigantic machine that lay shrouded in its own dust. She found it fascinating, the way the shadows moved and grew, like something not human, the way they resolved into one, and that shadow suddenly turned solid and launched itself at her with an explosive hiss.
He seemed startled by what he saw, yet uncaring, as if it didn't matter what the world threw at him next. There was a small black-and-white TV on the table, and he turned it off. "Hello, Captain Hoban," Stan said. Hoban took his time about answering. He seemed to be reorienting himself in the real world, after a long trip to some unimaginable place, perhaps to the time of his trouble in the asteroids. At last he said, "It is you, isn't it? " "Hi," Stan said. " Hoban nodded, then looked around. He seemed aware for the first time of the apartment's appearance.