Black Trillium by Julian May

Author:Julian May [May, Julian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ruwenda (Imaginary place), General, Fiction, Fantasy, Plague, Sisters, Labornok (Imaginary place)
ISBN: 9780553290790
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1991-05-31T23:00:00+00:00

thick jungle, penetrated only by the skid-road that leads from the great log-lift at the precipice edge to the cove opposite Tass Town where the wood is put into the water. This eastern road is the place where we must set up our ambush."

Edzar pointed first to the map, then to the eastern shore, which lay across from their docking place, beyond a great labyrinth of floating timber. The Prince and his men could see numbers of skeletal wagons parked on the skid-road, having wheels taller than a man; but there seemed to be no people or draft-animals moving about over there, and indeed the shore looked deserted.

"The war brought most commerce in Tass Town to a halt," Edzar explained. "The Ruwendian workers who normally staff the lumber mill below the falls, the great lift, and the skid-road have not yet returned to work. Lord Zontil, one of General Hamil's most trusted aides, has been charged with setting up a garrison here. He expects to have the situation well in hand by the end of the Rains. All the logs that you see now in the water will be sent to the northern end of the lake by that time.

And by the spring dry season, timber production should be back to normal."

"Cease boring us with your mercantile trivia, trader!" Sir Rinutar slapped the map impatiently.

"Do you guarantee that the fugitive wench can get to the Tassaleyo file:///G|/Program%20Files/eMule/Incoming/Juli...20-%20Trillium%201%20-%20Black%2

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Edzar drew himself up in offended dignity. "I do. There is a vast unscalable escarpment along this border of the Ruwenda tableland. Untold ages ago a narrow footpath was cut by the Oddlings in the cliff east of the falls. The great log-lift and the lumber mill below, that is powered by the falling water, were built by the first humans inhabiting Ruwenda, utilizing foundations that are said to have been left by the Vanished Ones. There is no way from Lake Wum to the Great Mutar River save the lift and the footpath. The Princess must take the skid-road to attain either one."

The three flatboats of the search force were now being tied up at the main Tass Town dock, which also seemed conspicuously devoid of activity. Well-armed soldiers of Labornok stood guard all along the quayside as glum-looking Ruwendians handled the lines and pulled the gangplanks into place. A Labornoki nobleman in elaborate armor, at-tended by several officers, waited impatiently for the docking maneuvers to be completed so that he could greet the Prince.

But Antar was bent over the map, giving instructions. "This is the way we shall deploy, then. We will divide our force into three companies — Owanon to lead the first, Dodabilik the second, and Rinutar the third — to be stationed at the skid-road landing, midway down the road where the footpath cuts off, and at the top of the log-lift."

"You

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