Аннотация
Robert Lynn Asprin
The Face of Chaos
INTRODUCTION by Robert Lynn Asprin
'The Face of Chaos will laugh at us all before the cycle completes its turn!'
The words were barely audible above the din of the bazaar, but they caught the ear of Illyra, stopping her in her tracks. Ignoring her husband's puzzled glance, she made her way into the crowds in search of the source of the voice. Though only half S'danzo, the cards were still her trade and she owed it to her clan to discover any intruders into their secrets.
A yellow-toothed smile flashed at her out of deep shadow, beside a stand. Peering closely, she recognized Hakiem, Sanctuary's oldest and most noted storyteller, squatting in the shelter, away from the morning sun's bright glare.
'Good morning, old one,' she said coolly, 'and what does a storyteller know of the cards?'
'Too little to try to earn a living reading them,' Hakiem replied, scratching himself idly, 'but much for one untrained in...
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