《The Nemesis of the Astropede 》作者：- Stanton A. Coblentz 【EPUB】 -

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标题: 《The Nemesis of the Astropede 》作者：- Stanton A. Coblentz 【EPUB】
THE NEMESIS OF THE ASTROPEDEBy STANTON A. COBLENTZHandsome Merimtrope plans to deluge the world in blood and betray thelovely High Regent PolydoraHIS voice rang like a bell through the large ornate audience hall. quotI ask it in the interest of scienceWhat harm if I do violate the Ancient Seal and pass the Forbidden Portalsquot Polydora President of the Free Communities of the Earth and High Regent of the United World satin the Seat of State in the Hall of All Nations at Plaxa the world capital. She was a tall regal-looking woman with an imperial sweep of brow and features like a Greekgoddess. Her rich golden locks bound with clasps of lapis lazuli according to the custom of the dayflowed about a face in which the sternness of leadership was tempered at times by a smile of girlishsweetness. For Polydora although her extraordinary abilities had thrown her into the planets pivotalposition was not yet thirty. Now in the good year 99—2193 Old Reckoning—she was not only soughtby diplomats but courted by suitors from the four corners of the world. But thus far according to rumor she had inclined most toward Merimtrope the young man who nowstood before her beseeching a favor. He was far from unprepossessing even as the People of the LaterDay went. He was tall of limb broad of frame powerful of features with a jutting chin strong highcheekbones and a flashy manner of wearing the knee-long color-splashed robes fashionable for men andwomen alike. Only when you looked into his eyes—those small black eyes that first burned with anintense shriveling fire then shifted as if afraid to look you in the face—did

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