The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2) by R.F. Kuang EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author Name: R.F. Kuang
- Book Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction
- ISBN # 9780062662637
- Date of Publication: 2019-8-8
- PDF File Size: 3.5 MB
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Dawn saw the Petrel sail through swirling mist into the port city of
Adlaga. Shattered by a storm of Federation soldiers during the Third Poppy
War, port security still hadn’t recovered and was almost nonexistent—
especially for a supply ship flying Militia colors. The Petrel glided past
Adlaga’s port officers with little trouble and made berth as close to the city
walls as it could get.
Rin propped herself up on the prow, trying to conceal the twitching in her
limbs and to ignore the throbbing pain in her temples. She wanted opium
terribly and couldn’t have it. Today she needed her mind alert. Functioning.
Sober.
The Petrel bumped against the dock. The Cike gathered on the upper
deck, watching the gray skies with tense anticipation as the minutes trickled
past.
Ramsa drummed his foot against the deck. “It’s been an hour.”
“Patience,” Chaghan said.
“Could be that Unegen’s run off,” Baji said.
“He hasn’t run off,” Rin said. “He said he needed until noon.”
“He’d also be the first to seize this chance to be rid of us,” Baji said.
He had a point. Unegen, already the most skittish by far among the Cike,
had been complaining for days about their impending mission. Rin had sent
him ahead overland to scope out their target in Adlaga. But the rendezvous
window was quickly closing and Unegen hadn’t shown.
“Unegen wouldn’t dare,” Rin said, and winced when the effort of
speaking sent little stabs through the base of her skull. “He knows I’d hunt
him down and skin him alive.”
“Mm,” Ramsa said. “Fox fur. I’d like a new scarf.”
Rin turned her eyes back to the city. Adlaga made an odd corpse of a
township, half-alive and half-destroyed. One side had emerged from the war
intact; the other had been bombed so thoroughly that she could see building
foundations poking up from blackened grass. The split appeared so even
that half houses existed on the line: one side blackened and exposed, the
other somehow teetering and groaning against the ocean winds, yet still
standing.
Rin found it hard to imagine that anyone still lived in the township. If the
Federation had been as thorough here as they’d been at Golyn Niis, then all
that should be left were corpses.
At last a raven emerged from the blackened ruins. It circled the ship
twice, then dove straight toward the Petrel as if locked on a target. Qara
lifted a padded arm into the air. The raven pulled out of its dive and
wrapped its talons around her wrist.
Qara ran the back of her index finger over the bird’s head and down its
spine. The raven ruffled its feathers as she brought its beak to her ear.
Several seconds passed. Qara stood still with her eyes shut, listening
intently to something the rest of them couldn’t hear.
“Unegen’s pinned Yuanfu,” Qara said. “City hall, two hours.”
“Guess you’re not getting that scarf,” Baji told Ramsa.
Chaghan yanked a sack out from under the deck and emptied its contents
onto the planks. “Everyone get dressed.”
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