The Desert Spear

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作者:Brett, Peter V.
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页数:608
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出版时间:2010-4
价格:CDN$ 32.00
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isbn号码:9780345503817
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  • 奇幻
  • 冒险
  • 沙漠
  • 战士
  • 英雄
  • 魔法
  • 战斗
  • 生存
  • 部落
  • 命运
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The sun is setting on humanity. The night now belongs to voracious demons that arise as the sun sets, preying upon a dwindling population forced to cower behind ancient and half-forgotten symbols of power. These wards alone can keep the demons at bay, but legends tell of a Deliverer: a general—some would say prophet—who once bound all mankind into a single force that defeated the demons. Those times, if they ever existed, are long past. The demons are back, and the return of the Deliverer is just another myth . . . or is it?

Out of the desert rides Ahmann Jardir, who has forged the warlike desert tribes of Krasia into a demon-killing army. He has proclaimed himself Shar’Dama Ka, the Deliverer, and he carries ancient weapons—a spear and a crown—that give credence to his claim. Sworn to follow the path of the first Deliverer, he has come north to bring the scattered city-states of the green lands together in a war against demonkind—whether they like it or not.

But the northerners claim their own Deliverer. His name was Arlen, but all know him now as the Warded Man: a dark, forbidding figure whose skin is tattooed with wards so powerful they make him a match for any demon. The Warded Man denies that he is the Deliverer, but his actions speak louder than words, for he teaches men and women to face their fears and stand fast against the creatures that have tormented them for centuries.

Once the Shar’Dama Ka and the Warded Man were friends, brothers in arms. Now they are fierce adversaries. Caught between them are Renna, a young woman pushed to the edge of human endurance; Leesha, a proud and beautiful healer whose skill in warding surpasses that of the Warded Man himself; and Rojer, a traveling fiddler whose uncanny music can soothe the demons—or stir them into such frenzy that they attack one another.

Yet as old allegiances are tested and fresh alliances forged, all are blissfully unaware of the appearance of a new breed of demon, more intelligent—and deadly—than any that have come before.

《星尘回响:失落文明的低语》 导言: 宇宙的尺度,远超人类想象的宏伟与冷漠。亿万光年之外,时间如同沙漏中的细沙,悄无声息地流逝,埋葬了无数辉煌的文明。我们所处的银河系,不过是这场无尽演化中的一个微小节点。然而,在星系边缘一处被遗忘的扇区,一场跨越数万年的谜团正等待被揭开。这不是一个关于勇气或征服的故事,而是一部关于记忆、熵增以及文明如何面对必然消亡的史诗。 第一部分:观测者的困境 故事始于“赫利俄斯站”,一个漂浮在柯伊伯带边缘、被誉为人类最先进的深空观测基地。站长艾莉娅·维兰德,一位沉静而执着的语言学家兼天体物理学家,正面临着一个令人不安的发现。她的团队截获了一组极其规律的微波信号,其复杂程度远超任何已知的自然现象,甚至超越了目前人类科技所能理解的范畴。 信号源指向一个在已知星图上标记为“虚空之痕”的区域——那里没有任何已知的恒星系统,理论上只应充满星际介质的稀薄尘埃。艾莉娅最初认为这是某种宇宙噪音的反射,但随着数据积累,她确信那是一种信息,一种被精心编码、跨越了不可思议的距离与时间发送的“信息包”。 她的上级,星际探索委员会(ISC)的代表,冷酷的行政官马库斯·凯恩,对艾莉娅的发现持怀疑态度。凯恩代表的是人类的实用主义和对资源优先级的考量。他更关心新发现的矿物行星的开采进度,而非那些虚无缥缈的“宇宙呼唤”。“维兰德博士,”凯恩通过加密频道警告道,“你的预算即将耗尽。如果你不能提供一个明确的、可量化的威胁或机遇,我们将不得不关闭你的项目,将资源转移到前线殖民地。” 艾莉娅没有时间去说服那些将目光局限于眼前利益的官僚。她启动了秘密协议——“普罗米修斯回响”,一个只为应对“第一类接触”而设立的、资金来源不明的地下项目。她的唯一盟友是老派的计算机天才,雷纳托·科尔特斯。雷纳托坚信,所有复杂的信息系统最终都遵循相似的数学结构,即使是数万年前的智慧体,也无法完全逃脱这些普适规律的束缚。 第二部分:破碎的语言与几何学的幽灵 信号的解码工作是艰巨的。它不是基于声音或图像,而是基于一种基于高维几何拓扑结构的符号系统。雷纳托在巨大的服务器阵列中,像一个在迷宫中摸索的盲人,试图重建“语法”。 经过数月的徒劳挣扎,他们终于找到了一个突破口:信号中重复出现了一个特定的、非欧几里得的几何图形。这个图形,当被投射到三维空间时,会产生一种短暂的、似乎在自我否定的空间扭曲感。艾莉娅认出,这与她在研究古代地球神话中那些“被遗忘的建筑师”的记载中发现的某些抽象符号惊人地吻合。 这些符号指向的不是一个文明的兴衰史,而是一种“存在的模式”。他们似乎在描述一种技术,或者说是一种哲学实践,旨在通过操纵时空的基本结构来抵抗熵的侵蚀——延长文明的生命周期。 然而,解码过程中出现的恐怖之处在于,信号并非连续的。它们是片段化的,如同被某种巨大的力量粗暴地截断。每当解码到一个关键的“结构单元”时,信号就会出现一个数据黑洞——完全的静默,随后数据流以一种明显不同的、更原始的编码方式重新开始。这表明,发送者在发送过程中遭遇了某种灾难,并被迫以越来越低效的方式继续传输信息。 第三部分:失落的“织梦者” 通过对碎片化信息进行概率重构,艾莉娅和雷纳托拼凑出了关于发送者的模糊概念:他们称自己为“织梦者”(The Weavers)。 织梦者并非生物学意义上的物种,而是一种高度集成的、基于量子纠缠网络的意识集合体。他们的文明繁盛于一个遥远的、如今已坍缩成黑洞的双星系统周围。他们掌握了将信息和意识结构锚定在引力波背景中的技术,理论上可以实现永恒的“存在”。 信号中揭示了织梦者所面临的终极敌人:并非外敌入侵,而是“时间本身的磨损”。他们发现,即使是最精密的时空锚定,也无法完全抵抗宇宙背景辐射的随机扰动。这种磨损被称为“意识锈蚀”(Cognitive Rust)。为了对抗这种锈蚀,织梦者进行了宏大的实验——试图在引力场内“重塑”局部因果律。 信号的最后一部分,是织梦者对他们实验结果的总结。他们成功了,但代价是,他们将自己的全部信息结构,包括他们对时间和空间的理解,都锁定在了那个几何图形的“奇点”中。他们没有“消亡”,而是将自己转化为了一种“潜在的宇宙规则”,一种只在特定条件下才能被激活的数学陷阱。 第四部分:赫利俄斯站的抉择 当艾莉娅完全解析出最后的信息时,她感到了彻骨的寒意。织梦者的警告并非针对她所处的时代,而是针对任何试图模仿他们技术以抵抗自身衰败的文明。那所谓的“永恒存在”技术,本质上是一种将自我从宇宙的正常演化中“抽离”的行为。这种抽离会造成局部时空的不稳定,并最终吸引一种未被命名的宇宙力量——一种更古老、更原始的清理机制,它会系统性地清除任何试图“修改基本法则”的结构。 凯恩得知了部分信息后,立刻看到了其“战略价值”——如果能理解并控制这种重塑时空的技术,人类将拥有对付任何物理定律的优势。他调动了ISC的特遣舰队,准备前往“虚空之痕”,强行捕获信号源的残余结构。 艾莉娅和雷纳托面临一个决定性的伦理困境:是揭示真相,阻止人类重蹈织梦者的覆辙,还是利用这些信息为自己谋求短暂的优势? 艾莉娅做出了选择。她没有将最后的警告公之于众,因为她知道,在对永生的渴望面前,任何警告都会被扭曲成“可控的风险”。相反,她和雷纳托设计了一个“反向激活”程序。他们将一则虚假的、极具诱惑力的“技术蓝图”嵌入到信号的最后层,这个蓝图看起来可以完美实现人类对时空操控的渴望,但实际上,它是一个复杂的逻辑炸弹。 当ISC的先遣队到达“虚空之痕”并试图接入信号源时,他们激活的不是“永生技术”,而是织梦者留下的自毁代码。这代码不会摧毁舰队,但会彻底抹除信号源及其周围区域的引力场稳定性,将那片空间变成一个“无信息的死区”,一个真正的虚空,确保没有人能再次拾起这危险的知识。 在赫利俄斯站,艾莉娅看着屏幕上信号的彻底消失,她知道自己没有拯救世界,只是暂时地将一个被宇宙遗忘的幽灵重新送回了寂静之中。她向凯恩递交了最终报告,将所有关于“意识锈蚀”和“宇宙清理机制”的描述全部删除,只留下了技术失败的结论。 她和雷纳托成为了秘密的守护者,明白人类的未来不在于逃避时间的洪流,而在于接受有限性,并在有限的时间内,用已知的、可理解的方式,创造出属于自己的、不会引来宇宙惩罚的“回响”。 尾声: 艾莉娅辞去了职务,退隐到一颗普通的农业卫星上,那里没有深空信号,只有四季的更替。她时常凝视夜空,不再寻找远方的答案,而是思考着此刻脚下泥土的温度。那组几何图形依然偶尔会在她噩梦中闪现,但此刻,它们不再是警告,而是一种提醒:宇宙的伟大,在于其无情的、不可更改的秩序。任何试图将其据为己有的努力,最终都只会化为更深沉的寂静。人类的故事,才刚刚开始。

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This was a good book and a very written sequel for the Warded Man. Jardir’s backstory, which takes up almost a third of the book did through me off, and while it was still enjoyable to read, there were parts of me wanting to go back to the characters I ...

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This was a good book and a very written sequel for the Warded Man. Jardir’s backstory, which takes up almost a third of the book did through me off, and while it was still enjoyable to read, there were parts of me wanting to go back to the characters I ...

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This was a good book and a very written sequel for the Warded Man. Jardir’s backstory, which takes up almost a third of the book did through me off, and while it was still enjoyable to read, there were parts of me wanting to go back to the characters I ...

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This was a good book and a very written sequel for the Warded Man. Jardir’s backstory, which takes up almost a third of the book did through me off, and while it was still enjoyable to read, there were parts of me wanting to go back to the characters I ...

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This was a good book and a very written sequel for the Warded Man. Jardir’s backstory, which takes up almost a third of the book did through me off, and while it was still enjoyable to read, there were parts of me wanting to go back to the characters I ...

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darker than first book, less focus on the main character but addicting non the less

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darker than first book, less focus on the main character but addicting non the less

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darker than first book, less focus on the main character but addicting non the less

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darker than first book, less focus on the main character but addicting non the less

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darker than first book, less focus on the main character but addicting non the less

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