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.Golden Road - 02 - The Burning TowerLARRY NIVEN & JERRY POURNELLEFor Roberta and MarilynCast of CharactersTep's Town BasinLord Regapisk: Sandry's cousin, assigned to Fire WatchLord Sandry: Chief of the Fire WatchPeacevoice Fullerman: Lordsman assigned to Fire WatchYangin-Atep: the fire god, now gone mythicalStrafreerit: a Lordkin of Serpent's WalkWanshig: Lordkin chieftain, "Lord" of Serpent's Walk, and brother of Whandall FeathersnakeLord Witness Qirama: a judgeGlegron: Lordkin Fireman killed by fireBonwess: Chieftain of the band of Lordkin called Bull PizzlesShanda: Sandry's aunt, First Lady of LordshillsRoni: Shanda's daughterQuintana: Lord Chief Witness of Lordshills, Lord's Town, and Tep's TownChalker: Sandry's valet, a retired Peacevoice of the LordsmenYounglord Maydreo: an officer cadetToronexti: a Lordkin band; formerly tax collectorsBordermaster (once Master Peacevoice) Waterman: LordsmanDibantot: a Lordkin of Serpent's Walk, guardian of the Fire Sale InnLordsman Yiler: spearmanSecklers: a Lordkin of Serpent's WalkEgmatel the Sage: a Wizard hired by the Lords WitnessWale: apprentice to the Sage EgmatelLady Whalani: Lord Sandry's motherHenry: a Lordsman guardBison Tribe and the Wagon TrainBurning Tower of Bison Tribe: daughter of Whandall Feathersnake and WillowGreen Stone: wagonmaster of the lesser Feathersnake Bison Tribe wagon train; younger son of Whandall Feathersnake and Willow; Burning Tower's older brotherNothing Was Seen (Lurk): a bandit's child now adopted into Bison Tribe and a scout in the Feathersnake wagon trainTwisted Cloud of Bison Tribe: wagon train shaman; daughter of Hickamore, deceased, once shaman of the Bison Tribe wagon trainClever Squirrel (Squirrely): daughter of Twisted Cloud and the god CoyoteMouse Warrior of Bison Tribe: A wagon train guard officerWhandall Feathersnake: master trader; born a Lordkin in Tep's Town, now a merchant prince of Bison Tribe; owner of the wagon trainWillow Feathersnake: born a kinless of Tep's town, now Whandall's wife and mother of Green Stone and Burning TowerAvalonWheereezz: a mer wizard schoolmasterConal: a wizard of AvalonMorth of Atlantis: Atlantean wizard; refugee, formerly of Tep's Town and now resident in Carlem Marcle, a sea town far north of Tep's TownCoyote: a godThe Wagon ExpeditionTrebaty, a Lordkin of Serpent's WalkSecklers, a Lordkin of Serpent's WalkYOUNGLORD MAYDREOYOUNGLORD WHANEFallen Wolf: of Bison TribeLeft-Handed Hummingbird: a godSpike: a one-horn born as a kinless ponyCondigeoPergammon: Commodore of CondigeoGranton: First Captain of CondigeoPearl, wife of First Captain GrantonGrandin: wife of Captain WartinLord Witness Qu'yuma: Lady Shanda's husband and Roni's father;ambassador from Lordshills to Condigeo Betting Master Calafi: of Bell's of CondigeoTras Preetror: a teller; onetime friend of Whandall FeathersnakeArshur the Magnificent: a Northern BarbarianSpotted Lizard of the High Trail: a guideJunior Warman Gundrin of the Condigeo Marines: an officer cadetLordsman BaneThe Angie QueenSaziff: captainThe OarmasterFethiwong and The Ghost: oarsmenRaililiee: first mateCrescent CityZephans Mishagnos: an Atlantean wizardBuzzard at Play: Mayor of Crescent City; onetime shaman of the Roadrunner wagon trainFur Slipper: a shamanJade Coin: a money changerRuser of Low Street: a jewelerErn: Wagonmaster of the Road Runner wagon trainBlack Stone: proprietor of Black Stone InnLaughing Rock: his daughterSunfall CraterGreat Mistress Hazel Sky: GovernorCaptain SAREg: of the Imperial GuardRegly: Chief of the Office of Imperial GiftsThundercloud: Chief of the Office of RainJaravisk: Chief Apprentice in the Office of RainManroot: an Imperial OfficerAztlanFlensevan the Jeweler: brother and partner of Ruser of Low StreetArchpriests:CoyoteRoad RunnerJaguarPriest Many NamesLeft-Handed HummingbirdBighorn SheepBison WomanMammothPrairie DogThe Emperor: the Almighty one, Son of the SunLady Annalun: a talented courtesanMountain Cat: of Bison Tribe (resident at New Castle, present by sand painting)Doentivar: the Grandson of the Sun, heir to the EmperorPink Rabbit: son of FlensevanEgret: the stronger son of FlensevanBook One - Terror BirdsChapter One - Devil WindThe hot wind was rising.Kinless called it a Devil Wind.Lord Regapisk had his doubts about devils, but any devil might have invented that wind.It was hot and dry and gusty and it was whipping fire into a frenzy.A dozen houses had already burned.They were only Bull Pizzle houses, not in the territory Regapisk was guarding, so they weren't his business.Five houses on the other side of the Darkman's Cup gorge were part of Serpent's Walk, but there was no way to save them.Regapisk's Firemen had tried, but no one would blame him for losing those houses.They'd been able to loot the occupied houses before the fire got them.Gather, Regapisk thought, grinning.His Lordkin Firemen would call that "gathering." And if the Lords' Council asked him, Regapisk would say "salvage," but it was looting all the same.Lord Regapisk coughed.The smoke was blowing across the canyon, thicker now, and the wind grew hotter.The fire was coming.A chariot clattered up the road along the edge of the canyon.Regapisk turned with what he hoped was well disguised contempt
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