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Название книги: The Gate of Fire
Автор(ы): Thomas Harlan
Жанр: Альтернативная история
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The Gate of FireBook Two ofThe Oath of Empire
THE OATH OF EMPIRE
Dramatis PersonaeThyatis Julia Clodia, Agent of the Western EmpireDwyrin MacDonald, Thaumaturge of the Eastern EmpireMaxian Atreus, Caesar of the Western EmpireNicholas of Roskilde, Agent of the Eastern EmpireShirin, Princess of Khazaria, Empress of PersiaKrista, a SlaveOdenathus, Prince of PalmyraZoe, Queen of PalmyraDahak, a Persian SorcererMohammed, a Merchant Prince of MekkahGalen Atreus, Augustus and God of the Western EmpireHeraclius, Avtokrator of the Eastern EmpireAnastasia d'Orelio, Duchess of Parma, SpymasterKhadames, General of the Persian EmpireNotes on NomenclatureThe Roman mile is approximately nine-tenths of anEnglish mile.A league is approximately three Roman miles in distance.
OATH OF EMPIRE
The Shrine at Delphi, Achaea, 710 Ab Urbe Condita (31 B.C.)The sun beat down, hot, on the narrow courtyard between the house of the Oracle and the columns of the Place of Waiting. The woman stumbled a little on the steps of th