《Janissaries, clan and crown 》作者：- Jerry Pournelle & Roland Green【E

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JERRY POURNELLE and ROLAND GREEN ?? ?? Illustrated by JOSEP M. MARTIN SAURI ?? ?? ACE BOOKS, NEW YORK JANISSARIES: CLAN AND CROWN Copyright ?? 1982 by Jerry Pournelle and Roland Green Illustrations copyright ?? 1982 by Josep M. Martin Sauri ?? All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without permission in writing from the publisher. ?? All characters in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. ?? An Ace Book ?? Published by arrangement with the authors ?? ISBN: 0-441-38294-0 ?? First Ace Printing: November 1982 ?? Published simultaneously in Canada ?? Manufactured in the United States of America Ace Books, 200 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 ?? ?? PART ONE ?? ?? Thrones and Dominions ?? 1 ?? The rocket sputtered for a moment, then rose swiftly above the worn cobblestone courtyard of the old fortress. It hissed upwards in a column of fire, trailing golden sparks and a faint smell of brimstone as it climbed until, without warning, it burst loudly into a shower of silver. The crowd gasped in wonder. ?? High above the courtyard, two richly dressed boys about fifteen Earth years in age clapped their hands in wonder. They huddled together in a window cut in the wall of the keep thirty meters above the gawking populace. One of the boys shouted aloud when the rocket burst above Castle Edron. ?? “Quiet! The Protector