Аннотация
Roger Zelazny
The Courts Of Chaos
CHAPTER 1
Amber: high and bright atop Kolvir in the middle of the day. A black road: low and sinister through Gamath from Chaos to the south. Me: cursing, pacing and occasionally reading in the library of the palace in Amber. The door to that library: closed and barred.
The mad prince of Amber seated himself at the desk, returned his attention to the opened volume. There was a knock on the door. “Go away!” I said.
“Corwin. It's me-Random. Open up, huh? I even brought lunch.”
“Just a minute.”
I got to my feet again, rounded the desk, crossed the room. Random nodded when I opened the door. He carried a tray, which he took to a small table near the desk.
“Plenty of food there,” I said.
“I'm hungry, too.”
“So do something about it.”
He did. He carved. He passed me some meat on a slab of bread. He poured wine. We seated ourselves and ate.
“I know you are still mad...” he said, after ...
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