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1、C.S.FriedmanBlackSunRisingThisbookisforseveralveryspecialreaders:RickUmbaugh,whostarteditall;KellieOwens,LindaGilbert,LoriCook,DavidMcDonald,andJoeandReginaHarley,whokeepitgoing;andBetsyWollheim,whosecriticismis,asalways,worthitsweightingold.Theauthorwouldliketothankthefollowingpeopleforthei
2、rinsight,inspiration,and/orvitalemotionalsupportduringthisnovel’sformativeperiod:JeanneBoyle,AdamBreslaw,ChristianCameron,TomDeitz,NancyFriedman,BobGreen,JohnHapp,DelosWheeler,KarenMartakos,RobinMitchell,SteveRappaport,VickiSharp,MikeStevens,SarahStrickland,MarkSunderlin,andGlennZienowicz.Pr
3、ologueShewonderedwhyshewasafraidtogohome.Shewaswithinsightofthecastlenow,anditsproximityshouldhavecalmedher.Shelovedthetraditionalbuildingwhichherhusbandhaddesigned,andallthemenandwomenwholivedinsideit.TheseatoftheNeocountyofMerenthawasagleaming,ivory-coloredmonumenttotheRevivalistdream:allt
4、heelementsofGothicperpendiculararchitecturethatseemedsooppressiveelsewhere-attheroyalseat,forinstance-wereherecombinedbythatunerringaestheticsensethatwasherhusband’sstrongestattribute,tocreateabuildingthatwasatonceasoaringdisplayofstonearchesandfinials,andaveryreal,verycomfortablehome.Foramo
5、mentshereinedupherunhorse,commandingittostillness,andtriedtofocusonthesourceofheranxiety.Asever,theeffortwasdoomedtofailure.Shewishedshehadherhusband’sskilltonameandanalyzesuchfeelings.Hewouldhavetakenonelookatthebuildingandsaidthere,yousee?Thedemonlingsareoutearlytonight,it’stheirpresenceyo
6、usense.Or,thecurrentsareunsteadytonight,ofcourseyou’renervous.Orsomeotherexplanation,equallydependentuponhisspecialvision,thatwouldrenderupthesourceofherdiscomfortinsmall,comprehensiblepacketsofknowledge,sothatitmightbedealtwithandthendiscarded.Thesunhadset.Maybethatwasit.Thepiercingwhitesun
7、whichbathedthelandinsanitywasgone,andtheCorehadfolloweditintoitswesterlygrave.Onlyafewstarsremained,andsoontheytoowouldbeswallowedupbydarkness.Thingswereabroadnowthathidfromthelightofday,maverickhumanfearsthathadtakenonalifeoftheirownandcoursedthen