The Havoc Machine
“Thad checked the time. They had more than an hour before the first performance of the day, and it was unusual for people to show up so early. Then he saw the soldiers and signs: DOWN WITH ALEXANDER.
NO MORE SLAVERY.
FREE THE PRISONERS.
HANG THE TSARINA.
“Applesauce,” Dante said.
“This is not pretty,” Sofiya murmured beside him. “I hope Nikolai is all right.”
The crowd on the street was thick and tense, and a cacophony of voices bounced off the barrack. The soldiers had lined up on the Field of ...Mars and were working on keeping the people off the field. Occasionally a small group of them made a foray into the crowd to go after one of the sign-holders, but the heavy crowd made it difficult, and the signs were made of cheap muslin unrolled between two sticks, which meant they could be collapsed and hidden almost instantly, which further hampered the soldiers’ ability to arrest anyone.
Thad snagged a man holding a FREEDOM NOW sign. “What is happening here?”
“You haven’t heard?”MoreLess
NO MORE SLAVERY.
FREE THE PRISONERS.
HANG THE TSARINA.
“Applesauce,” Dante said.
“This is not pretty,” Sofiya murmured beside him. “I hope Nikolai is all right.”
The crowd on the street was thick and tense, and a cacophony of voices bounced off the barrack. The soldiers had lined up on the Field of ...Mars and were working on keeping the people off the field. Occasionally a small group of them made a foray into the crowd to go after one of the sign-holders, but the heavy crowd made it difficult, and the signs were made of cheap muslin unrolled between two sticks, which meant they could be collapsed and hidden almost instantly, which further hampered the soldiers’ ability to arrest anyone.
Thad snagged a man holding a FREEDOM NOW sign. “What is happening here?”
“You haven’t heard?”MoreLess
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