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Rich with historical detail and intrigue, Yarbro's 21st Count Saint-Germain novel (after 2007's Borne in Blood) unfolds in 18th-century Russia at the height of Peter the Great's effort to wrest St. Petersburg from the swamps and spearhead the modernizing of his nation. Benevolent vampire Saint-Germain plays both sides, contributing engineering suggestions to the czar's efforts and intelligence reports to the Polish monarchy. As usual, several difficulties threaten to expose his secret identity, and he battles ignorant and superstitious opposition to his enlightened teaching and doctoring skills. Though sluggishly paced in spots and minimally supernatural, this meticulously researched entry deftly displays Yarbro's ambitions to use her vampire hero as a lens to focus on the best and worst of human behavior throughout history. (Oct.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
A Dangerous Climate (St. Germain Series #22)by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
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The vampire Count Saint-Germain, disguised as a missing Hungarian nobleman, is on a spy mission in the heart of Czarist Russia. Almost by the power of his will alone, it seems, Peter the Great is wrestling the city that will one day be St. Petersburg out of swampland. Representatives of the heads of all European states are living in tiny, frigid, wooden homes as… See more details below
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The vampire Count Saint-Germain, disguised as a missing Hungarian nobleman, is on a spy mission in the heart of Czarist Russia. Almost by the power of his will alone, it seems, Peter the Great is wrestling the city that will one day be St. Petersburg out of swampland. Representatives of the heads of all European states are living in tiny, frigid, wooden homes as they jockey for power and influence over the Czar. When a man shows up claiming to be the Count Saint-Germain, the vampire must figure out how to protect his title and wealth without revealing either is true identity or his True Nature.
Editorial Reviews
Romantic Times BOOKreviews (4 ½ stars) on Roman Dusk
"A darkly poetic blend of historical fiction, erotic romance, and literary horror. One of the beauties of Yarbro's Saint-Germain saga is that every novel is basically a stand-alone story. Those looking for a highly intelligent, tastefully understated erotic horror will be absolutely blown away."
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"States of Grace is without a doubt one of the finest novels I've read in quite a while. It is rich and heady in plot and sensory imagery."
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- Tom Doherty Associates
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- 03/16/2010
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- St. Germain Series, #22
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- First Edition
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- 384
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- 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)
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Chapter One
He came to slowly, his face pressed into cold, noxious mud, his body lying half on and half off a wooden walkway, his clothes in disarray, his sword gone, his wig missing entirely, and a collection of bruises and small wounds on his shoulders and head that he knew would take weeks to mend. He was just beginning to feel other hurts; through swollen eyes he tried to see where he was, but the night was dark, and although there was a broad smudge of opalescent luminosity on the horizon, it was not bright enough to diminish the night. His usual ability to see in dimness was itself faded: he could barely make out his ruined lace cuff dangling a hand's-breadth from his face; he could not see, but he felt the rawness of his knuckles, and his attempt to flex his fingers in his right hand failed in a flare of renewed pain. How had he come to this? Involuntarily he groaned, and less than a minute later, he heard approaching footsteps, and hoped this did not mean his attackers were returning to finish what they had begun. After a brief hesitation, he took a breath, and then another.
"It's not a body," said a voice in Finnish. "He's breathing."
"Looks like the Lithuanians have been at him; they go for the head with their cudgels," said a second voice in the same language. He nudged at the prone figure with a walking staff. "You alive?" he asked in Russian as he held up a bull's-eye lantern.
Saint- Germain did his best to blink, and said through swollen lips, in Finnish, "What happened?" It was the first question that came to mind; his voice was rough and almost inaudible, and this simple effort brought new pain as a cold wind slid over him, bearing the odor of decaying vegetation from the exposed mud of the marsh. It's all of a piece, he thought.
"You've been damned foolish, coming out here." The second voice went silent for more than a minute, then added, "There're gangs and worse out here once the sun goes down, summer light or no summer light. No one from the fortress or the town leaves its protection at night. Even a foreigner like you should know that." There was another silence. "Don't try to move. You may have broken bones. We'll get a pallet to carry you."
"There are criminals in this part of the island," said the first. "No one comes here after dark, not alone."
"Ehi! Tapio! Get a pallet." The second voice was raised enough to carry, and he was answered by a third voice some distance away.
"All right," the third man called, and his footsteps on the wooden walkway receded.
"Don't try to talk," the first man recommended to Saint- Germain. "You'll make it worse."
"At least there isn't a lot of blood," said the second, inspecting the wooden walkway and the ground around Saint- Germain. "He's got a chance to recover."
"But it will take time, or he might not heal completely. That's a mess," said the first, pointing to Saint- Germain's right hand.
Saint- Germain was able to wheeze out a word. "Time?"
"Oh, an hour or so until dawn," said the first. "The Russians are still drinking in their log houses, but most of the rest are asleep. At least we have tents this spring. Last year most of us slept in the open."
"Work starts an hour after dawn at this time of year," said the second.
How long had he lain here? Saint- Germain wondered, and why had he been so far from the stout, three- room log house in the Foreign Quarter the Czar had allocated for his and Zozia's use? What had brought him out into the marsh at night? How long had he lain here? His thoughts were as murky as the night around him; he had a vague recollection of being summoned to one of the huge treadmills driving a draining screw, but after that, there was only a flash of faces and rough commands in a dialect of Russian he barely understood. He tried to push himself upright, only to be held down.
"You don't want to do that," said the second voice. "If you have broken bones they could burst out—"
"Lie still," the first said. "Tapio will be back soon enough."
Saint- Germain did his best to relax, taking stock of the damage he had sustained. He could feel at least two cracked ribs and possibly broken bones in his right hand. One leg—his left—was swollen in its high boot, and his back ached. The blow to his forehead continued to hurt, and he was fairly certain he had been struck on the throat or someone had attempted to strangle him. There was a knife- cut to his side and one at the top of his thigh. His rings and a gold brooch were missing.
"Can we take him to Ludmilla Svarinskaya at this hour?" The second man sounded worried. "Everyone's asleep at the care- house."
"Where else? She can arrange to get him home once he's been treated," said the second. He sighed. "At least it's not raining."
"And there's no fog—we wouldn't have found him if there were fog."
"True enough," said the second, beginning to pace nervously.
"Paavo, calm down; it's safe," said the first. "The gangs aren't out now—nothing to prey on."
"I hate being on Watch." Paavo stamped his foot and held up the lantern again. "They really pounded him, didn't they?"
"So they did," said the first. "Lucky they didn't strip him of everything, including clothes. He'd be much worse off if they'd done that."
"But, Yrjo, why would they leave him his clothes?" It was a reasonable question, clothes like everything else being in short supply.
"Too foreign. They're bound to be identified. And what working man wants a satin coat?" He laughed. "Not that it isn't ruined, in any case."
Jogging footsteps thudded on the wooden walkway as Tapio returned with the wooden pallet. He was panting a little as he stopped. "Do we lift him or roll him?"
Saint- Germain listened distantly, aware that whichever they did, it would be painful. He steeled himself against it, reminding himself that as bad as this would be, he took ironic consolation in the certainty it would not be as hideous as the pain he had suffered from being crucified in Mexico more than fifty years ago.
"Best try to lift him," said Yrjo after considering the situation. "But turn him on his back first, and get his head and shoulders onto the walkway." He stared down at Saint- Germain. "We'll make this as easy as we can." With that, he bent, got his hands under his arms, and lugged him onto the wooden path; Saint- Germain moaned once, but otherwise endured the brief agony in silence. "Good. Now, Tapio, you take his legs, and Paavo, help me with his trunk, and get him onto the pallet. Get a good hold. We don't want to drop him."
"We'll be careful," said Tapio, preparing to grab Saint- Germain around the knees.
Paavo and Yrjo positioned themselves and, on Yrjo's count, raised Saint- Germain and set him on the pallet; Ragoczy set his teeth against the varieties of agony that went through him, and remembered to breathe as he was set down, the air hissing in and out.
"Good enough," said Yrjo. "Come. Hoist the pallet, and keep to the walkway. Not too fast. We don't want to end up dropping him."
The three men set off at a steady, sober pace, their boots sounding loudly on the wooden walkway; around them there were the various murmurs and soughings of the marsh, the slap of water against the newly built wooden embankment, the call of night- birds. The sound of the Dutch clock in the wooden church dedicated to Sankt Piter and Sankt Paultje chimed the half- hour. One- thirty? Saint-Germain wondered. Two- thirty? He longed for the deep, restorative night, but this far north, he would not find it until July was gone. The regular thudding of the lantern against the handle of the pallet was almost soothing, helping him to think. It came back to him that he had set out around nine o'clock while the brilliant glow of sunset was still hanging above the horizon. He had passed the first levee and gone along the embankment past a large tavern that welcomed all seafarers. Not far from it, a Russian tavern echoed to laughter and drunken song. Try as he did—distracting himself from the affliction of his injuries—he could recall nothing more until the Finnish Watchmen came upon him.
"After the second levee, take the path toward Ludmilla Svarin-skaya's street. You know the way."
"That I will," said Tapio. "I don't like to wake her up in the middle of the night, though; a well- born woman like her."
"She should be used to it." Yrjo was beginning to breathe harder; the other two men slowed their pace to accommodate him.
"Who...?" Saint- Germain managed to ask.
"Ludmilla Borisevna Svarinskaya," said Paavo. "Some kind of bo-yar's daughter. Runs a care- house. There's a foreign physician who helps her during the day, and he studies at night. The Czar insists on it."
Saint- Germain tried to conceal the alarm he felt, but something of his emotion must have been revealed, for Yrjo said, "Don't worry about her: she's not going to cut off your legs or give you foul potions to drink. She's good with bandages and poultices, splints and purgatives; she knows what to do to take care of those who are injured. She'll wrap up your cuts and set your bones, just as she does for anyone on the island. Two days ago she took care of those two woodcutters who—" He stopped.
The three men went on in silence for several minutes, entering a muddy street flanked by wooden sidewalks and wooden houses, some of which had been painted to resemble bricks instead of logs, after Czar Piotyr's own house. This was the newest part of the city, no house more than four months old. "Third on the left," said Tapio. There was the sound of an argument in one of the houses across the road, and the three Finns stopped, then went on to the third house, which was somewhat larger than the others along the street. They set the pallet down and Yrjo went to pound on the door, calling for Ludmilla Borisevna. Three minutes later a sleepy voice asked in Russian, "Who's there?"
"Yrjo Saari, Tapio Pyhajoki, and Paavo Lyly," he announced. "We're on Watch. We have an injured foreigner. Looks like he was set upon by robbers."
There was the sound of the bolt being lifted, and then the door swung open, revealing a sleepy servant with a lamp in his hand. "Bring him in." Behind them to the southeast, the sky was brightening.
The three men did as they were told, carrying the pallet to the side of the main room where a row of ten beds stood, all but two occupied. "Where do you want him?" Paavo asked; the smell of wood- fires, illness, and astringents engulfed them.
The man in the bed at the end of the row was whimpering in his sleep.
The servant pointed to the nearest empty bed, the second from the end. "There. I'll go and get Ludmilla Borisevna." He ducked his head, set down his lamp, then went into the adjoining room.
Saint- Germain endured being transferred to the eighth bed, did his best to thank the three men in as few words as he could, then closed his swollen eyes, not opening them again until he heard a woman's voice above him.
"Saints aid us!" exclaimed Ludmilla Borisevna Svarinskaya, crossing herself in the Orthodox manner—right to left. She bent down, holding her candle near her patient, doing her best to inspect his battered flesh. "This is dreadful. Where did you find him?"
"Out on one of the walkways, not far from the new treadmill," said Yrjo.
"We have to patrol out there, to stop any mischief against the engines," Tapio explained.
"I know about that," said Ludmilla, stroking Saint- Germain's arm. "What was he doing out there?" Seeing his eyes open, she spoke more softly still. "Can you hear me? Are you in pain?"
Behind her, her servant tried to dismiss the three Finns, assuring them that the man would be cared for, and handing each of them a small silver coin for their services as he ushered them out the door and then put the bolt back in place. "Shall I bring water?"
"And rags, and bandages; I need to clean him up before anything more is done," said Ludmilla, making a first perusal of the damage done to Saint- Germain. She sat on the edge of his bed, taking care to disrupt him as little as possible. "Both of your eyes will be black, and you'll have a lump on your forehead. Let's have a look at your hands." Her touch was practiced and gentle as she peeled back his blood-soaked ruffled cuff. She shook her head. "We'll have to give him a thorough washing, Kyril. By the look of him, he's been battered about."
Through his swollen eyes, Saint- Germain could not make out her features clearly, though he could see she had bronze- colored hair done in a simple knot at the back of her neck, and a substantial, opulent body; she wore a robe- de- chambre of ecru silk with the cuffs turned back, revealing soft, long- fingered hands. He took a deep breath before saying, "Arpad Arco- Tolvay, Hercegek Gyor. In the Foreign Quarter." It was more of a croak than speech, but she stopped working on his clothes and stared down at him.
"The Hungarian with the Polish wife, who arrived four days ago?" She was at once resigned and shocked.
"I am," he said, not surprised that she should know such things: the residents of the island lived in a sea of gossip. Any new-comer was the subject of immediate speculation, something that Zozia encouraged.
"Don't try to talk, Hercegek Gyor. It could be bad for you."
"Cracked ribs," he said.
"And other injuries, no doubt." She saw Kyril returning with a basin and a collection of rags. "I hope you don't mind, but I'll have to cut your clothes off you. I don't want to have to turn you any more than necessary, and the clothes can't be saved in any case."
"My manservant."
She paid little heed to this. "Yes, yes. Kyril will go along to your house to fetch him and what ever you may need as soon as the Quarter is awake. He'll carry a message from you, if you like, so your wife won't be worried for you, and you can tell your manservant what you need." She took the basin and rags, then ordered Kyril to bring scissors. As soon as he was gone, she began to bathe Saint- Germain's hand, taking care to inspect his knuckles closely. "You may have a damaged bone here. I'll put your hand in a splint and have Heer van Hoek examine it in the morning. He's a physician- anatomist, very skilled."
"So... I hear." It was becoming more difficult to speak, and he tried to gesture to his throat; she contained his hand.
"Keep quiet. You have a very nasty bruise forming on your throat. I don't want it to swell any more than it has." She continued to wash his hand off. "There are a number of small cuts other than the blows to the knuckles." Satisfied for the moment, she dried his hand gently, and moved around the bed to work on his other hand. "This one isn't so bad. Many little cuts and bruises on two fingers—they must have pulled off your rings—but you should be able to use your hands in a day or two." While she washed it free of mud, she went on, "How unfortunate. Here only four days and this happens. I hope you won't hold it against Sankt Piterburkh."
"No," he said breathlessly, thinking back to the long months following the Year of Yellow Snow, more than a millennium ago, when he had recovered from a slashed throat. This was surely no worse than what he had already survived.
"I'll have to cut your boots off, as well. I hope you have another pair, for if not, getting new ones will take months, unless you're willing to wear workmen's boots." She wiped his hand and began on his face, working deliberately and delicately. "There are nine bruises, two quite severe. Your eyes will be swollen for a while, and black, as I warned you. You won't like what you see in the mirror. It's more than bruises. Your left ear has a cut, and there's another along your jaw. I haven't seen all your injuries yet, but what I have seen indicate that those who attacked you meant to kill you, I believe."
He nodded his agreement, and pondered who would want to do that. Was it happenstance or had he been singled out?
Kyril returned with the scissors and stood by to collect Saint-Germain's clothes as they were cut away from his body. He was impassive enough until the chemise was pulled away, revealing the broad swath of ancient scars that ran from just below his ribs to the base of his abdomen. Then he crossed himself and stared.
Ludmilla strove to remain composed. "An extensive injury, long ago."
Saint- Germain nodded.
"It must be bad for your digestion," she observed, and continued to cut away his clothes, reaching for a sheet as she began on his black satin britches.
"It is," he mouthed.
"Then I won't give you any tea just now. We'll see how you feel by mid- day." She looked at the knife- thrust in the heavy muscle of his right thigh. "A little more to the left and you would have bled to death."
Were it not for his pain, Saint- Germain would have laughed; it had been thirty- seven hundred years since he had been disemboweled; bleeding might enervate him, but it could not kill him.
"Your leg—very swollen in the boot. If your leg is broken, Kyril will help me to set it, or you can wait for Heer van Hoek to do it. In either case, the setting will be painful. We may have to wait until the swelling diminishes before attempting it." It took her almost five minutes to cut through the leather from his knee to his ankle, and as she worked his foot out of the boot, she made a thorough inspection of his calf and shin. "I think this is a bruise, a very bad one. Had you not been wearing such a fine boot, your leg probably would have broken. As it is, the bruise is a deep one. You would be wise to be on crutches until it is no longer tender. If you try to use it, you could delay its healing." She tossed the boot to Kyril. "Bring a blanket. I don't want him getting cold. You know what that can do."
Kyril nodded and left the room, bearing all Saint- Germain's clothes and one boot away, holding them as if they were noxious.
Saint- Germain studied Ludmilla as best he could, but the puffiness of his eyelids limited his range of vision. He coughed once, wincing at the hurt in his throat, a realization he found almost amusing.
"How many men were set on you?" She was trying to gain a better assessment of his injuries.
"Can't remember," he said in the same croaking wheeze as before.
She nodded slowly. "Blows to the head will do that, sometimes. It may come back to you in time." With a sigh, she got up from the edge of his bed and took up the basin. "I'll be back in a moment, with bindings for your ribs and a splint for your hand. I am so sorry that you've been so badly hurt."
He nodded to show he understood, then let his eyes close. For a brief period he slept, then wakened abruptly when he heard her voice again, cutting through the gnawing ache in his head. He attempted to get an elbow into position to lever himself up, but was stopped by a jolt of pain.
"I'll help you to sit up, Hercegek. You'll need to move the sheet down to your waist, and I'll wrap your chest." She held out her hand to assist him; he took it, and was relieved to be able to move without moaning. She helped him adjust the sheet around his waist. "I know I've seen you almost naked, but it's fitting to preserve modesty." Raising her voice, she called out, "Kyril Yureivich. The splint."
"I'll bring it," he called out.
The man on the fourth bed shivered and thrashed in his blankets; his face was ruddy with fever as he struggled with some unseen foe.
"Kyril, Yvgeny Sergeievich needs to be taken to the latrine. Hurry, or he'll dirty his sheets. The splint can wait." She gave her attention back to Saint- Germain. "He has an injury to the bowels, and it makes his body—"
Again Saint- Germain nodded. He wanted to tell her he knew how to deal with such injuries, and what preparation could calm the intestines, but his throat was too swollen and sore for a long explanation. He watched while Kyril came in, roused the thrashing man, and half-carried him out of the room.
"He has been worse than you see him now. It's the marsh- water that makes him recover so slowly. They say it is unhealthy and that it brings infections to wounds." Trying for a smile, she leaned toward him and looped a broad band of heavy cotton around his waist and began to wind it upward, her head brushing his chest each time she passed the cotton band around his chest. While she did this, she said nothing, all her concentration on making sure the bindings were tight enough. When she at last passed the cotton over his left shoulder and tied the end, she said, "Don't take this off unless you have help and can have your ribs rebound. For a month or two, you'll have to be careful."
Again he nodded to show his understanding.
"Now I'll splint your hand." She brought the narrower bands of linen and the Y-shaped wooden splint, which she wrapped in a layer of cotton- shavings before pressing against his palm and wrist. She worked quickly to secure his hand to it, immobilizing all but the ends of his fingers. "This will need to be changed in a day or two."
"Yes," he squawked.
She gave him a long, sympathetic look, then said, "It will be light soon. We keep our shutters closed so that the men here can sleep, but the streets will be noisy within the hour." She stood back from him. "You'd better rest. Kyril won't be able to fetch your manservant for a while, and you look exhausted. Lie back slowly."
"My manservant... will know," Saint- Germain muttered. "He knows."
"I will hope so," she said with an encouraging smile. "Rest now."
Saint- Germain did as he was told, wishing he was lying on his mattress filled with his native earth. That would be for later, after Hroger would come for him. He tried again to speak. "Thank you."
"Thank the Finnish Watch who found you. Without them, I could do nothing." She moved away from him, and after checking the other patients, waited for Kyril to bring Yvgeny Sergeievich back to his bed.
Remembering that he had to breathe, Saint- Germain did his best to find a comfortable position on the hard mattress, then closed his eyes, wanting to be sure that he would not arouse any more curiosity from Ludmilla Borisevna Svarinskaya. Gradually sleep overcame him, engulfing him in a deep torpor that banished time, so that when he opened his eyes, he was surprised to find Hroger at the foot of his bed, a valise in his hand, his faded- blue eyes crimped in worry. One pair of shutters was open and a band of cool northern light spilled in. There seemed to be more sun now, as well, but whether that was true, or it was only that his eyes were less swollen, he could not tell. He raised his left hand.
"My master," said Hroger, glad that Saint- Germain had wakened.
Sudden, unexpected relief washed through Saint- Germain and he started to speak, wanting to assure him that he would recover. His throat was more swollen than it had been, and all that came out was a sound like ill- played reeds on an oboe. He lifted his unsplinted hand to his bandaged neck, saying only, "Bruised. And robbed." He realized three of the men in the other beds were awake and paying attention, so he made an obvious gesture to indicate that he could not continue to speak.
"I was told by the serving- man who brought me that you had been set upon and badly injured out near the new treadmill, and that you had been brought here. I informed your wife of your condition, and came with the serving- man as soon as I had packed this case." He spoke in Hungarian, his accent as old- fashioned as Saint- Germain's. "I have clothes for you, and the light carriage waiting, Gronigen holding the reins."
Saint- Germain made a gesture of approval.
"I was told to warn you that if you make an accusation against a Russian worker in regard to your attack, you will be tortured as a discouragement to lying." He looked around as Ludmilla came in from the adjoining room, her European- style skirts rustling as she hurried toward Saint- Germain.
"Ah." She offered a smile as she approached the side of his bed. "You're awake, Hercegek. As you see, your manservant has arrived— a half- hour ago. He's been sitting here, waiting for you to wake up."
With the shuttered room still in twilight, Saint- Germain could see her better than when he had arrived: she was a handsome woman, too forceful to be pretty, though her features were attractively angular; she had flawless skin, a pert nose; her eyes were gold- shot hazel, her lips full. He tried to smile, but the cuts and bruises on his face twisted it into a grimace.
"There, Hercegek. Don't force yourself . . ." She went to assist him, easing him into a sitting position. "Very good."
"Tell me, Madame, if you would," said Hroger with deference, "when was he brought here?"
"It was an hour or so before sunrise. The Watchmen found him and brought him here. I have their names if you need them." She patted his unsplinted hand in encouragement.
Saint- Germain nodded again, stopping the dizziness this created by an act of will. He made a sign to Hroger indicating he would like to stand up, and made a second sign that he wanted something on which he could write.
"I'll get crutches for you, Hercegek. Don't try to rise until you have them. I don't want you falling now. Kyril!" She hurried out of the room only to return in a few minutes with a pair of sturdy crutches.
"It will take you a little while to learn to use them, the more so because of your splinted hand."
Taking the crutches from her, Hroger said, "I think it's best if I assist him, Madame."
Ludmilla nodded at once, agreeing with Hroger. "Just as well." She got out of the way to allow Hroger to help Saint- Germain to get onto his one good leg. "Be careful how you use the crutches as long as his hand is in a splint."
"I realize that," said Hroger, apparently unperturbed. He handed a single crutch to Saint- Germain, but kept the second in his hand. "I'll support him on the right to get him to the carriage. If you'll come with me, I'll tend to your payment."
"That isn't necessary. I have no doubt the Hercegek will pay me what is fair." She went to open the front door. "I'll want him to return in two or three days, to have his bindings changed and to put new bandages around his splint. Heer van Hoek will see him then, and decide what is to be done with his leg."
"Very good," said Hroger as Saint- Germain seconded all this with a nod.
Moving awkwardly, they went out to the street where Saint-Germain's coachman, Adolphus Gronigen, was waiting, holding the carriage door open; he tisked as he watched the slow progress made by Saint- Germain and Hroger, and tapped his toe as Hroger handed Ludmilla a small pouch that clinked its promise.
"Spasiba," said Ludmilla, surprised at the weight of the pouch.
"Oh, no, Madame," said Hroger as he worked to settle Saint-Germain back on the squabs. "Thank you."
Text of a report from Isidor Illyich Pukinov dictated to Wolfrid Theophilius Lothar Schaft, secretary to the Prussian Envoy, at Sankt Piterburkh.
In accordance with the Envoy's instructions, here is my report concerning the attack on the Hungarian Arpad Arco- Tolvay, Hercegek Gyor, that took place four nights ago.
By all accounts, the Hungarian had been summoned from his house to inspect the new, large treadmill out at the edge of the third levee. His servants are agreed upon that point, and that the man who asked him to come was one who supervises work in that part of the island, a Vladimir Pavlovich Timchenkov. Arpad, Hercegek Gyor, left the house in the man's company, and walked out in the direction of the third levee, where it seems both men were set upon by a gang of robbers who had been waiting for them, or so it is assumed.
Of Timchenkov there has been no trace, neither the man nor his body. He may have been part of the plan to waylay the Hercegek, or he may have been a victim of the assault, or he may have fled and will not return. All inquiries have led to nothing. Not even the fishermen who live in the mean hovels at the far end of the island have any information to offer. They saw no one, or so they claim.
It is possible that the attack was one of opportunity, for the Hercegek had rings and a brooch taken, but it is strange that the supervisor would ask anyone to go out to the treadmill at that hour, and I do not know the reason for the summons, which may be significant, given what happened. Had the Hercegek been here longer, he would perhaps have suspected some sort of misadventure could befall him, but since he had himself worked on improving the treadmill the day before, it appears that he was inclined to see that it was not damaged or functioning incorrectly, and thus undertook to see to its condition, which suggests that he may have been a target selected by his attackers for more than his money and possessions. I have spoken to the Finnish Watchmen who found the Hercegek and they confirm that they rescued only the one man, that there were signs of a brutal fight, and that there have been gangs operating in that part of the island. They also said that they were of the opinion that the Hercegek was lured into a trap of one kind or another.
If that is the case, then it may be that there is someone already in Sankt Piterburkh who has ill- will toward this man, his family, his wife, or the Poles, in whose name he is here. All my inquiries thus far indicate that he is largely unknown to the people of the Foreign Quarter, as well as to the associates of the Czar, so it is unlikely that he has cultivated enemies of his own in the eight days since he set foot on this island. Therefore speculation is that if the attack was deliberate, its purpose was political, not personal. Most of the servants suspect the Lithuanians or the Swedes, but have no proof to support their claims.
According to Timofei Grigoreivich Kharkov, who was a patient in Ludmilla Borisevna Svarinskaya's care- house when the Hercegek was treated there, the man has a vast swath of scars on his torso, which indicates serious injury in the past, and may indicate that he has enemies who have followed him here. Yvgeny Sergeievich Donskoy also said he had seen scars, but the man is so riddled with fever, his account may not be reliable.
The severity of the scarring was confirmed by Ludmilla Borisevna Svarinskaya herself, who said that whatever had caused the scars, it was a miracle that he had not been killed when he received the injuries. She also said that the beating he had received was severe, but he should recover in time.
This is the sum of my knowledge regarding the assault on Arpad Arco- Tolvay, Hercegek Gyor, to which I set my sign on this,
Isidor Illyich Pukinov his mark
May 25th, 1704
Excerpted from A Dangerous Climate by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
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I was glad to find this book on your site the library in my city doesnot have a complete selection pf Yarbro's books. it was an interesting book about the building of St. Petersburg in Russiaand the adventures of my favorite vampire.
Having read many of the Saint-Germain novels, I began this book with mixed feelings. Would it be as exciting and vivid as "Blood Games" and "Tempting Fate" or would it be flat and sluggish as "Come Twilight" and "Better in the Dark"? Unfortunately, it was the latter. The characters were lackluster, including the usually intense Saint-Germain. The plot was a mere thread, sometimes so thin as to be transparent. Even the inter-chapter letters, which, in other novels, added to the knowledge of the reader without having to add to the narration, were tedious. The motivations of the characters were under-developed even when those motivations were mentioned. In short, I felt this book was one long conversation, the participants of which changed as the locations changed. I never "saw" the characters clearly, never was intrigued by the little action that took place, and was disappointed by the blandness of the usually vibrant main character. It was like watching a play through a fog bank. Only one aspect of the book was in keeping with the character of Saint Germain: the intense sensuality of his "feeding". This alone has the richness of description and emotion that I had come to associate with all aspects of Ms. Yabro's best Saint Germain stories. I can't recommend this book to any one who has enjoyed the other novels.
In 1704 vampire Count Saint-Germain is in Saint Petersburg, which is being built by Russian laborers under the direction of elite European specialists. Saint-Germain directs the construction of machinery to drain the marshes so that building can commence. He is to observe and report all that is going on in the city to the King of Poland. ---------------- Saint-Germain is pretending to be the missing Arpad Arco-Tolvay. Zozia, who is the real Arpad¿s wife, pretends to be a married to Saint-Germain so as a couple they can fit in easier with the horde of other foreign nationals flooding the construction site. She has her own orders from Poland¿s king to carry out. They are there less than a week when Saint-Germain is attacked and left for dead. A second assault affirms what he already knew that someone wants him dead, but he has no idea as to who or why as he has not been around long enough to have made enemies. More troubles follow when Lajos Rogoczi arrives insisting that Saint-Germain is dead and as such he owns the properties in Russia. Saint-Germain has to prove Lajos is a lying imposter without giving away his identity.---------- Reading about Saint Petersburg being built on top of a swamp is fascinating as politicians and their retinue arrives allegedly as a display of diplomatic support to the Tsar, but in actuality to spy on the Russians and one another. Saint-Germain is his usual urbane self even when he allows Zozia to order him around. A DANGEROUS CLIMATE is Chelsea Quinn Yarbro at her outstanding best as the thirty-seven hundred years old vampire, star of a zillion novels, is caught in quite a conundrum.---------- Harriet Klausner

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I see it makes a save before the first ground combat, but not any others? Is this what it is supposed to do?
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I got this solar charger for multi-day backcountry/backpacking trips just so I could keep my phone and camera charged. It certainly gets the job done when necessary but is not the most efficient charger I've used. When fully charged it may supply about a charge and a half for my phone and camera, which isn't bad but I was hoping for better. The real problem I've come across with this is that during the winter months the solar panels are nearly useless. Even during summer it requires a good bit of time to fully charge, the other thing is I let it sit for a couple months and now the battery life is horrible, not even worth bringing it along. I don't think I would recommend this to anyone, but would recommend other external battery systems that have better battery life. I am giving it a 3 star because it does get the job done when necessary, but for the money there are better and more reliable systems out there.
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I will be packed into the woods for a month and hopping to use my ruggedized camera, however it doesn't take AA batteries and has its own. I need to be able to charge it and I was just wondering how well this actually works. I have seen other unfordable ones that look to give almost 10 times the surface area of this and they take 6 hours to charge a camera. Just wondering if you have an experience in using this product.
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Hey Jeff, I too was only able to get a meager amount of information on the dongle that this unit supports, however... if you check out the picture I attached from the Brunton product page (http://brunton.com/product.php?id=636) you can make an educated guess.
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That said, as Phil said, check out the reviews over at REI. I don't especially like cross linking on competing sites, but this device costs a pretty penny and the reviews there are mostly negative and warrant reading.
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It comes with a plug that has a regular (full size) on one end and an USB mini plug on the other (with an adapter that goes to micro usb (standard on most new non apple phones). When charging the internal battery the full sized usb plugs into a computer or wall charger and the mini end plugs into the unit...then when using the unit to charge a phone or mp3 player the full size usb plugs into the unit and the mini/micro end plugs into the phone...This sounds confusing but it makes sense because this way they only have to include one cord that will allow it to charge from most power sources and charge most small device. I've had my unit for about a year and bring in on camping/travel trips. The internal battery (when charged from a wall or car outlet) is strong enough to refill my cellphone battery 1-2 times. The solar panel on the unit is enough to trickle charge my cellphone with enough power to make a phone call after several hours of charging (tested at home not in the field)...If you are looking for something with a solar panel big enough to recharge your phone/camera battery on its own on a daily basis (long camping trips) you need to look somewhere else and be prepared to pay several hundred dollars. If you are looking for something to take with you when traveling or on short camping trips as an emergency backup then this is the way to go. Sorry for the long rambling response, but I feel people are giving this a bad rap because its purpose is not clearly understood (or labelled).


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Explore the variety of wildlife on Española Island including the various species of birds. Enjoy a chance to swim and snorkel in Gardner Bay where an abundance of different species of fish make their home where you may also encounter turtles and sharks. This bay is also frequented by colonies of sea lions which enjoy swimming with people. Point Suarez has one of the most outstanding wildlife areas of the archipelago. An extensive number of species are found along its cliffs and beaches.
South Plaza provides some of the most interesting wildlife observations available in Galapagos. The unique Sesuvium plants and the Opuntia cactus are scattered across the landscape. Land iguanas are easily seen from the trail hiding in the shade. Santa Fe is one of the most entertaining destinations for shore excursions at Galapagos Islands. Here there will be two trails to choose from, each with its own unique sites. Hike to the tallest Opuntia cactus in the Galapagos or go to the highlands where land iguanas can be found. Take a relaxing swim in calm waters or snorkel with playful sea lions.
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So I went just to observe it [to see] if it was something I could do and they came out with jockstraps having been soaked in lighter fluid, asbestos jockstraps, ignited, coming out dancing to Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire."
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Tax bills are in the mail, and more than half of property owners will find that they're paying less than last year.
This year, 55 percent of all taxpayers will pay less, while 42 percent will pay more, and just 3 percent are unchanged.
Homeowners will be the most likely to pay less, as 58 percent of their bills decreased this year; 41 percent will go up; and less than 1 percent will remain unchanged.
This is the second year in a row that few homeowners will pay the same amount as they did the year before. Last year, most tax bills changed after the county reviewed values for all properties. That's a trend taxpayers should continue to expect each year because of the way counties are supposed to update the value of your home or land, a state tax expert said.
Whether your tax bill went up or down depends on two main factors: the value the county deemed your property is worth and the tax rate of the local governments, including the county, cities or towns, libraries and school districts, that provide services.
Property values, which are used to calculate tax rates, increased countywide by about 5 percent this year, which helped decrease tax rates in most areas. That's the opposite of what happened last year, when overall values declined, leading to higher tax rates.
But those lower tax rates don't necessarily translate into lower tax bills. If the value of your home, farmland or business increased more than the change in the tax rate, you'll pay more this year. For example, the owner of a Center Grove area home will pay about $15 more this year despite the tax rate going down because the value of the house went up $3,800 since last year.
Those small changes from year to year should continue for homeowners because the value of your home is influenced by the actual sale prices of other homes in your neighborhood, Purdue University professor and tax expert Larry DeBoer said. If your neighbors sold their homes for higher prices last year, the value of your house probably went up, which means your taxes probably went up too, he said.
"In the bad old days before the move to market value, frequently people would take last year's value and write it on this year's form. So values didn't change except when there was a big change in assessments," DeBoer said.
Fewer than 1 percent of homeowners will pay the same as last year, and even people who have hit their property tax caps, which limit how much you pay in taxes, will see changes. The caps prevent people from paying more than 1 percent of the total value of their home in taxes. But in cases such as a home in Windstar in Franklin, the value increased, meaning the capped amount increased too. The owner of that home will have to pay about $16 more this year because the value of the house increased since last year.
"It would be a shame if people thought that the tax cap meant a tax freeze," DeBoer said.
Farmers are once again the most likely to pay more. Two-thirds of all tax bills for agricultural land increased this year. That's a little less than last year, when 82 percent of bills for farmland increased.
Farmers continue to see bigger bills because of a state formula that is used to calculate the value of tillable land. Part of that equation is based on a rolling average that takes crop prices and divides them by interest rates to set a base value for the land. Commodity prices have been rising in recent years and interest rates have been low since the recession, so farmland prices have risen steadily, DeBoer said. Prices are starting to level off, but since the average is taken over several years, land values will continue to increase, he said.
About half of business owners and industrial companies will pay more too, and the increases could be large. Of those property owners who will pay more this year, about 45 percent will pay increases of 20 percent or larger for both types of properties.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Amazon.com Inc. plans an expansion of its Chattanooga distribution center that will eventually add hundreds of jobs.
The manager of the center, Sanjay Shah, told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that work will start this month (http://bit.ly/z7xK3e ).
The distribution center is currently the size of 17 football fields and the increased floor space will expand that to the equivalent of about 28 football fields. The cost wasn't disclosed.
Currently the Seattle-based company has more than 2,000 workers at its center in Chattanooga.
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Let me rephrase this, if you are a guy with normal to below normal physique, and you want to increase your weight quickly so you can fight in a higher weight class, weights can have a use. If you are a person satisfied or trying to lose weight and already have a semi athletic physicque, weights are stupid for several reasons.
1. Weights slow you down
2. Most of the greats do not do weight training.
3. Weights will not make you hit harder, stronger, nor knock a guy out more
4. Weights will give you a false sense of strength and put strain and pressure on your heartand cardio system
5. Boxing is a game of endurance, speed and skill. I'd rather be lean for the obvious reason it is easier to have better endurance with small muscle mass. You watch the decathalon and see all the big muscular guys who obviously lifting getting lapped by the smaller guys with smaller physicques. This is no different than boxing. Put a big strong guy with decent endurance vs a small guy who can run all night and the small guy will give you death by 1000 cuts.
6. By round 5 your arms with lots of mass are going to get real heavy.
7. You will be fighting an opponent who will now punch faster, move faster, hit harder, have better endurance and every conceiviable advantage because you decided to lift. At best if you carefully pick your opponents, you will be able to bang them up for a while, but if they can take punishment or hit back you lose.
8. Cassius Clay, rocky marcian, ezzard charles, jack dempsey,sam langford or Foreman or Frazier would kick any of the bums ass arroudn today.
You have no clue about human physiology.
Lift heavy and you target your type 11 fibres, then when you perform explosive sports specific training you are faster than you would have been otherwise. Type 1 fibres built for endurance aren't helpful, it's unnecessary bulk that isn't helping your power.
You lift heavy and it actually improves your motor skills as less CNS resources are used to perform the motion, thereby indirectly improving your stamina and skills.
Most of the greats were great because they were very skilled boxers, generally they were average athletes with little idea about what their training was doing.
Weights performed properly will make you stronger, hit harder and make you more explosive with better stamina.
Why would a boxer be building mass on his arms? A boxer should lift weights to build strength around his legs and core.
Boxing isn't an endurance sport, how can a 36 minute fight with 1 minute breaks every 3 minutes be called an endurance sport? You don't have a lot of time to perform, you need to make that time count by being explosive and busy.
How do weights put a strain on your cardio system? Weights help the economy of your movements, there are plenty of studies showing that the best endurance runners have stiffer tendons in their legs so there is less of a metabolic cost when they're running. That's why time and time again it's been shown that heavy weight and plyometric training helps improve performance in 5, 10 and 20 km runners.
From your post it sounds like you're absolutely clueless, I've educated you a little bit and now you should go find out some things for yourself. Asking questions guarantees that you keep learning. Making a conclusive statement like 'weights slow you down' just makes you look like an idiot because there is nothing to support your statement.
Studies have shown that training slow and heavy for six weeks then performing speed training increases speed more than doing speed training the whole time.
That's why periodisation is important and that's why something that seemingly isn't sports specific can still be very useful.
Nothing can compensate for practicing your sport, gaining skills and experience in what you're trying to be good at. You won't get good at boxing if you just lift weights, obviously. Well maybe not obvious for you, you're acting like it's one or the other.
Weights can undoubtedly be a valuable supplement to boxing training. Probably not for you because you don't know anything about them and for some reason you think they're the devil. That's a possible advantage you've lost just by being closed minded. I feel sorry for you and for anybody who is foolish enough to believe your nonsense.
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OOOh awsome, would be a neat feature , drizz did you see the video?
Still a lot of black screens bug with psfmod 0.9.6 and rc7 of gaia
Returning to bm2 and Amon RA 1.9.0 alpha for now.
Running Nexus One
So when copying a backup from my external to the internal, GaiaManager copies the file to:
i need it to be in
When i FTP to my PS3 and try to move the file it gives me an error (WinSCP and Filezilla). Is there any way to fix this error? Or have it copy to the proper folder?
PL3 doesn't improve direct boot support does it?
Does this work with a faulty blu-ray drive? Coz I have tried all the homerbrew apps and I get a black screen when starting them.
Well, right now (from my own experience) the best results is with having a game in the drive
So unless that gets developed further, you might want to find another PS3
A game is in the drive, and I still cant get any homebrew app to work.
good job drizzt, btw... it might not be you but i seen a drizzt in my starcraft 2 4v4 league...
When try to use mem patch it says eboot.bin not found. I'm using the gamez version RC7. Is there a fix for this?
I'm using RC7 with psfMod on my EVO (the latest ver). Madden 11 launched the first time, asked me for an update. I chose to install it, now when it launches my PS3 locks up. Are patches still not supported?!?! Or is something wrong?
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Beware of "tax reform"
Published: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 10:21 a.m.
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Now that Republicans control the legislature, they plan to slash income taxes (major beneficiary: the very rich) and pay for it with new taxes on groceries and other consumer purchases (major victims: the poor and middle class). When these legislators talk of tax reform they really mean making taxation more regressive.
Richard Veit
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We're designing a database system to store encrypted strings of information, with encryption and decryption performed client side using public-key cryptography. If the key was ever changed though, this would necessitate reencrypting all the records client side, which is very impractical. Is there any way this could be performed server side without exposing either the original (old) decryption key, or the message text?
I guess what I'm after is an associative cipher, something like this:
T( Eo(m) ) = En( Do(Eo(m) ))
where Eo(m) is the cipher text, Eo/Do the old pub/priv key pair, En the new pub key, m the message text and T the magical reencryption function. Edit: T is calculated clientside and then sent to the server to be used.