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Название книги: Woken Furies
Автор(ы): Richard Morgan
Жанр: Научная Фантастика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Woken-Furies-157640.html
Fury (n):1 a intense, disordered and often destructive rage …2 wild, disordered force or activity3a any of the three avenging deities who in Greek mythology punished crimes3b an angry or vengeful womanThe New English Penguin Dictionary 2001
PROLOGUE
The place they woke me in would have been carefully prepared.The same for the reception chamber where they laid out the deal. The Harlan family don’t do anything by halves and, as anyone who’s been Received can tell you, they like to make a good impression. Gold-flecked black décor to match the family crests on the walls, ambient subsonics to engender a tear-jerking sense that you’re in the presence of nobility. Some Martian artefact in a corner, quietly implying the transition of global custody from our long-vanished unhuman benefactors to the firmly modern hand of the First Families oligarchy. The inevitable holosculpture of old Konrad Harlan himself in triumphal planetary discoverer mode. One hand raised high, the other shading his face against the glare of
Название книги: Woken Furies
Автор(ы): Richard Morgan
Жанр: Научная Фантастика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Woken-Furies-157640.html
Fury (n):1 a intense, disordered and often destructive rage …2 wild, disordered force or activity3a any of the three avenging deities who in Greek mythology punished crimes3b an angry or vengeful womanThe New English Penguin Dictionary 2001
PROLOGUE
The place they woke me in would have been carefully prepared.The same for the reception chamber where they laid out the deal. The Harlan family don’t do anything by halves and, as anyone who’s been Received can tell you, they like to make a good impression. Gold-flecked black décor to match the family crests on the walls, ambient subsonics to engender a tear-jerking sense that you’re in the presence of nobility. Some Martian artefact in a corner, quietly implying the transition of global custody from our long-vanished unhuman benefactors to the firmly modern hand of the First Families oligarchy. The inevitable holosculpture of old Konrad Harlan himself in triumphal planetary discoverer mode. One hand raised high, the other shading his face against the glare of
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