Аннотация
Stephen R Lawhead
Byzantium
PART ONE
God be with thee on every hill,
Jesu be with thee in every pass,
Spirit be with thee on every stream,
Headland, ridge, and field;
Each sea and land, each moor and meadow,
Each lying down, each rising up,
In wave trough, on billow crest,
Each step of the journey thou goest.
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I saw Byzantium in a dream, and knew that I would die there. That vast city seemed to me a living thing: a great golden lion, or a crested serpent coiled upon a rock, beautiful and deadly. With trembling steps I walked alone to embrace the beast, fear turning my bones to water. I heard no sound save the beating of my own heart and the slow, hissing breath of the creature. As I drew near, the half-lidded eye opened, and the beast awoke. The fearful head rose; the mouth gaped open. A sound like the howl of wind across a winter sky tore the heavens and shook the earth, and a blast of foul breath struck me, w...
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