Аннотация
Timothy Zahn
Cobra Strike
Chapter 1
The whine of Troft thrusters drifted in through the window on the late-summer breezes, jarring Jonny Moreau awake. For one heart-wrenching moment he was back in the midst of theAdirondack war; but as he tipped his recliner back to vertical the abrupt stab of pain in elbows and knees snapped him back to the present. For a minute he just sat there, gazing out the window at the Capitalia skyline and trying to bring his brain and body back on-line. Then, reaching carefully to his desk, he jabbed at the intercom button on his phone. "Yes, Governor?" Theron Yutu said.
Jonny leaned back in his chair again, snagging a bottle of pain pills from the desktop as he did so. "Is Corwin back from the Council meeting yet?"
The image jumped to another desk and Jonny's 27-year-old son. "Haven't gone yet,
Dad," he said. "The meeting's still an hour away."
"Oh?" Jonny squinted at his watch. He'd have sworn the meeting was sch...
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