《Sunworld 》作者：- Eric Brown【EPUB】

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Sunworld Eric Brown It began with a personal revelation for Yarrek, shortly after he graduated from college at the time of his twentieth cycle, and ended in an even greater revelation which was to affect every citizen of Sunworld. On the 33rd brightening of St Sarrian’s quarter, Yarrek passed from the portals of Collium College for the very last time. He paused on the steps, ignoring the crowd of students surging around him, and peered up into the sky. Kite-fish were taking advantage of the approaching dimming, spreading their sails and floating high above the spires of the town as the heat of the sun diminished. He watched the multi-colored, kilometer-wide wings glide before the face of the sun directly overhead as it changed from dazzling gold to the molten, burnt-umber of full- dimming, and he knew then what it must be like to be as free as a kite-fish. No more college, ever. Adult life awaited him, with all its promised mystery and romance. He elbowed his way past a gaggle of fellow graduates and boarded an open cart hauled by four lethargic lox. As the cart set off through the narrow streets of Helioville, heading for the open farmlands