Silo and the Rebel Raiders by Veronica Peyton

Author:Veronica Peyton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2016-12-13T05:00:00+00:00

Silo read it, and then reread it, his brain reeling with disbelief. So this was the great catastrophe that would lay waste to the Island! He recalled, with a sudden rush of dread, the story that Orlando had told him of the power station in the west; of the villagers who were forced to dig, and of the terrible consequences that followed. This, then, was to be the fate of the Mudfords and the Pattles and the Beans! He thought of his seeing, and of the long row of graves that lined the Causeway, and the hairs prickled on the back of his neck.

“What’s wrong? What does it say?” cried Ruby, watching the dawning look of horror on his face. Silently he handed her the letter.

Elgarth was lounging in an armchair. A pedicurist was crouched at his feet seeing to his toenails, and the remains of supper lay on the table beside him. He picked up a bell and rang for Rankly.

“Clear up this mess, would you? I’m expecting Mrs. Morgan.”

“She’s just arrived, master,” said Rankly.

“Excellent! Show her in.” Elgarth kicked his pedicurist aside with practiced ease and pulled on his boots, and a moment later Mrs. Morgan entered and bared her long yellow teeth at him in an exultant smile.

“Good news!” she cried. “Our expedition is finally ready to depart! In a few days’ time I set off to begin work on a most important project. Members of our Research Department have been hard at work, and they have unearthed old documents that reveal, beyond the shadow of a doubt, the exact site of an Ancient power station. We mean to excavate it immediately.”

“What a splendid opportunity to find out more about the source of the Ancients’ power!” said Elgarth.

“Yes indeed,” said Mrs. Morgan. “And it is all the more gratifying after the setback we suffered last year, when the Raiders, those seaborne vermin, had the audacity to mount an attack on our power station in the west. The Government was extremely displeased, and so it has taken a great deal of convincing on my part, but happily I have finally brought them around to my way of thinking. We shall take an army with us this time, and I am certain that our endeavors will be crowned with success!”

Her dark eyes glittered at the prospect. “Only imagine! It could be but a matter of weeks before we unlock the secrets of the power stations, and what a blessing that will be to those of us who aspire to revive the glories of the Ancient world, and to see the dawn of a new age of Service, and Obedience, and Unity, and Progress!”

“It is a privilege to live in such exciting times,” said Elgarth.

Mrs. Morgan favored him with her wolfish smile. “And obviously, as a government-approved seer, I wish you to accompany us. It could be that the Raiders will seek to interfere again, and your gift could be of use.”

Not only was Elgarth an official government-approved seer now, he was the lone survivor of his class.

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