Chung Kuo #02 - Daylight on Iron Mountain by David Wingrove

Author:David Wingrove [Wingrove, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
Publisher: Atlantic Books, Ltd
Published: 2011-11-28T23:00:00+00:00

Tsao Ch’un’s anger had turned to a cold, slow smoulder by the time he reached Shaoyang. On the flight he had decided on what he would do. Now, as the palace came slowly into view among the surrounding mountains, misted and grey and timeless, he felt at last the hollowness of disappointment.

He had expected more of them than this.

He had come here, to Fan Chang’s home in Hu-nan, unannounced. As the seven cruisers made their descent, Tsao Ch’un, looking out from the leading craft, could see how the servants of the house rushed this way and that in an effort to make ready for his unexpected visit.

Tsao Ch’un’s face was hard and brutal. Fan Chang was the eldest of the Seven and his most trusted man. When he had needed help, back in their darkest days, when events were yet in the balance, it was Fan Chang who had come to him and offered his fealty, Fan Chang who had helped forge that tight little clan of helpers and advisors who had taken the great weight from their Master’s shoulders and shared it out among themselves.

But that was long past. Times had changed. As indeed had Fan Chang and his fellows. They had met in secret…

Every time Tsao Ch’un pictured it he shivered with indignation. Felt that selfsame rage that had made him kill Li Chao Ch’in’s servant.

Loyal men. Tsao Ch’un grimaced, hurt to the core by the thought that those he had trusted most had turned against him. For what else was it? To meet in secret to debate his future?

His pilot slowed, heading for the landing pad, but Tsao Ch’un leaned across him, pointing away towards the great green space at the centre of the palace.

‘No! Put me down there!’ he ordered. ‘Right there, in the middle of the lawn!’

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