《Feather and Ring 》作者：- Ruth Nestvold【EPUB】

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FEATHER AND RING by RUTH NESTVOLD Ruth Nestvold has sold several dozen stories to a variety of markets, including Jim Baen’s Universe, Scifiction, Realms of Fantasy, and Strange Horizons. Inspiration for her current story came to her in the hillside garden of a temple in the outskirts of Taipei. * * * * The line of cars in the single-lane street stretched as far as the eye could see—unmoving. Lindsay twisted the band on her ring finger and wondered how much longer she was going to be sitting in the stupid taxi. On either side of the river of colorful sheet metal, stores, open- front food stands, and soup joints sported signs in a hodgepodge of Chinese and Latin characters. A roofed market, with its bins of unknown, exotic produce, caught her eye. The strangely shaped purple fruit was much more inviting than a taxi that smelled like smoke and sounded like Mariah Carey. The hotel was still blocks away, but she could use a walk; she’d get some of the pain and frustration out of her system, even if she did have to breathe exhaust fumes while