The Domination by S. M. Stirling

Author:S. M. Stirling
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction, Epic, General, Fantasy
ISBN: 9780671577940
Publisher: Baen
Published: 1999-05-30T04:00:00+00:00

“How may I serve you, Mastah? Kellerman two-door? Here keys, yaz sar, Mastah, right this way—”

Where had that been?

“Street St. Jacob? Right that way, suh; my respects to one who gave so much fo’ the Race. Nothin’ more I cain do? Service to the State!”

What had he replied?

“Drink? Certainment, maistre, you wish perhaps other entertainment—yes, maistre, I go—”

“Yes, this is certainly the place,” he said to himself, then started to his feet, the snifter of brandy in his hand. A frantic look at the bottle reassured him: only two drinks. He strode over to the table beside the bed; 25 Rue St. Jacob, Transit Hotel #79, room 221. Precisely right.

“My god, I nearly lost it,” he muttered to himself, raising the blinds. An ordinary European street, a little broader than most, five-story brick buildings. A few autosteamers going by; sunset behind the buildings opposite, streetlights winking on, the branches of the chestnut tree outside tapping against his window. Ordinary hotel room—bed with white coverlet, nightstand, desk, carpet, bathroom. “I nearly lost it, my subconscious is a better fucking agent than I am.”

He threw up the windowpane, letting in a breeze cooling with evening and fragrant with city smells, coalsmoke, dirty river, acre upon acre of summer-warmed brick and stone, burnt steamer distillate. A few dep breaths and he took up the phone. “Dinner,” he rasped. “Standard.” Now to wait for contact.

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