Beyond the Black Enigma by Gardner F. Fox

Author:Gardner F. Fox [Fox, Gardner F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gardner Francis Fox Library
Published: 2017-10-29T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

There was no life in the metallic structure, no sentience. If it drew its power from some unknown source, and was turned off at the moment, it might look this way, dead and inert. Yet Craig did not feel at ease with this explanation. His intuition, that had seen him in and out of tight spots in the past and which he had come to depend upon, was all at sixes and sevens.

He shook his head. "That's no god.”

"The Toparrs think so. They never look directly at it. They tiptoe past it, they seem almost afraid of it.”

"It's just metal.”

“Watch when the priest prays to it.” Olsen worked close by the altar, on a patch of flooring that needed tile-work. Craig took his place beside him, with two other men. When they were all in position, a tall gaunt Toparr clad in long, stiff garments, turned to the metallic structure, bowing low before it. The lanth began to speak.

"God of power, give of that power.

"Lord of energy, loan us that strength.

“Master of matter, form that matter for us.

"Will for us, that we may build.

“Create for us, that we may serve thee."

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