Garden of Unearthly Delights, The by Rankin Robert

Author:Rankin, Robert [Rankin, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Science, Biotechnology
ISBN: 9780552142120
Publisher: Transworld Publishers
Published: 1995-01-01T15:00:00+00:00

14

Maxwell plunged through the grid, rolled over and came to rest on the grass beyond.

Unsinged and intact.

He picked up the pouch and ran.

Shouts and threats and stones and staves followed Maxwell, but the kin of the ill-fated Phlegster did not. They remained on their side of the invisible border, fearful to step across.

Maxwell ran till he could hear their cries no more, then slumped onto a grassy knoll to gather his breath and his wits.

He was quite fed up with this new world. He’d done more running during the past few weeks than ever before in his life — and always for his life. If he ever succeeded in retrieving his soul, Maxwell promised himself, he would pursue some quiet, unrushed occupation, such as mushroom growing or the keeping of a hermitage.

Maxwell flung the pouch to the ground, raising a howl from Rushmear.

‘Silence,’ Maxwell puffed and coughed, ‘ungrateful buffoon. Yet again I have saved your life, while you loaf about in the bag.’

Rushmear’s response was a torrent of abuse. And Maxwell, in fury, raised a boot to staunch it for good and for all.

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