The Far Bank of the Rubicon (The Pax Imperium Wars: volume 1)
“Below him, a procession of antique hovercraft climbed from the city in the valley at a measured pace.
When the vehicles arrived, Aunt Dora stepped out, followed by Bruno Malek and his party. Malek’s girth made him impossible to miss. He wore a black hat, trimmed with white fur and a plume. His face was so rounded by his excess weight, it flowed directly into his shoulders. His dark hair lay in ringlets that just touched his collar. Jonas noted that Malek wore the bright green dress uniform of the Sadarian Guard.
The Sadarians held out for nearly fifty years on Malek’s home world against the occupying Athenian military during the war of consolidation. Ironically, Malek’s own family had been given power by the House of Athena for its final conquest of the Sadarian holdouts. By wearing the Sardarian uniform to the palace, Malek put an unsubtle finger in the eye of the monarchy.
In fact, the whole meeting was intended to be a finger in the eye of the House of Athena. It was no secret that... Malek had ambitions for the throne, as delusional as that sounded to any rational person.MoreLess
When the vehicles arrived, Aunt Dora stepped out, followed by Bruno Malek and his party. Malek’s girth made him impossible to miss. He wore a black hat, trimmed with white fur and a plume. His face was so rounded by his excess weight, it flowed directly into his shoulders. His dark hair lay in ringlets that just touched his collar. Jonas noted that Malek wore the bright green dress uniform of the Sadarian Guard.
The Sadarians held out for nearly fifty years on Malek’s home world against the occupying Athenian military during the war of consolidation. Ironically, Malek’s own family had been given power by the House of Athena for its final conquest of the Sadarian holdouts. By wearing the Sardarian uniform to the palace, Malek put an unsubtle finger in the eye of the monarchy.
In fact, the whole meeting was intended to be a finger in the eye of the House of Athena. It was no secret that... Malek had ambitions for the throne, as delusional as that sounded to any rational person.MoreLess
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