Adams, John Joseph (ed) - Federations / Адамс, Джон Джозеф (ред) - Федерации [2009, EPUB, ENG]

Mazer in Prison / Тюрьма Мэйзера novelette by Orson Scott Card Carthago Delenda Est short story by Genevieve Valentine Life-Suspension short story by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Terra-Exulta short story by S. L. Gilbow Aftermaths short story by Lois McMaster Bujold Someone Is Stealing the Great Throne Rooms of the Galaxy short story by Harry Turtledove Prisons short story by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason Different Day short story by K. Tempest Bradford Twilight of the Gods / Сумерки богов novelette by John C. Wright Warship short story by George Guthridge and George R. R. Martin Swanwatch short story by Yoon Ha Lee Spirey and the Queen / Спайри и королева novelette by Alastair Reynolds Pardon Our Conquest short story by Alan Dean Foster Symbiont / Симбионт novelette by Robert Silverberg The Ship Who Returned (= The Ship That Returned) / Корабль, который вернулся novelette by Anne McCaffrey My She short story by Mary Rosenblum The Shoulders of Giants / Плечи великанов short story by Robert J. Sawyer The Culture Archivist short story by Jeremiah Tolbert The Other Side of Jordan short story by Allen Steele Like They Always Been Free short story by Georgina Li Eskhara short story by Trent Hergenrader The One with the Interstellar Group Consciousnesses short story by James Alan Gardner Golubash, or Wine-Blood-War-Elegy short story by Catherynne M. Valente

Admiral Gorelkii shifted his seat on the meter-thick, jewel-encrusted, ceremonial golden cushion that rose behind the sweeping transparent arc of the solid crystal crescent moon, and fumed. His substantial pale gray bulk was draped in a bloom of multihued embroidered standards, each one representing one of the ancient Great Hordes that together comprised the Empire of the Three Suns. They weighed on him physically as well as historically. The wearing of the standards was a great honor accorded to a select few only on the most extraordinary occasions. Unfortunately for him, today’s extraordinary occasion was one of surrender. His courage and willingness in accepting the responsibility for heading the disagreeable negotiations was recognized on all five inhabited worlds of the three systems that comprised the Empire. That did not mean he looked forward to the impending ceremony. What the exact details would consist of he did not know. What specific protocol was to be followed he did not know. No doubt the conquerors of the Empire would be enlightening him in due course. . . .