Аннотация
INHERITOR
Caroline J. Cherryh
Foreigner 03
For Elsie
1
The wind blew from the sea, out of the west, sweeping up to the heights of the balcony and stirring the white tablecloth with a briskness that made the steaming breakfast tea quite welcome. The view past the white-plastered balustrade was blue water, pale sky, and the famous cliffs of Elijiri, from which, the thought had crossed Bren Cameron’s mind, wi’itikün might just possibly launch themselves.
But no, the sea was surely too great a hazard for the small, elegant gliders.
“Eggs,” lord Geigi urged with a wave of his fingers. It was a delicate preparation, a sort of crusted souffle, eggs of a species the cook swore were innocent of toxins for the human guest.
Bren trusted himself to his staff, Tano and Algini having made his sensitivities to certain native spices quite clear to the cook; and having made equally...
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