《Shadow of the Hegemon, the - Book 2 (Ender) 》作者：- Orson Scott Card【EPUB】

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THE SHADOW OF THE HEGEMON To: Chamrajnagarsacredriverifcom.gov From: Lockeespinozapolnet.gov Re: What are you doing to protect the children Dear Admiral Chamrajnagar I was given your idname by a mutual friend who once worked for you but now is a glorifieddispatcher -- Im sure you know whom I mean. I realize that your primary responsibility now isnot so much military as logistical and your thoughts are turned to space rather than thepolitical situation on Earth. After all you decisively defeated the nationalist forces led byyour predecessor in the League War and that issue seems settled. The IF remains independentand for that we are all grateful. What no one seems to understand is that peace on Earth is merely a temporary illusion. Not onlyis Russias long-pent expansionism still a driving force but also many other nations haveaggressive designs on their neighbors. The forces of the Strategos are being disbanded theHegemony is rapidly losing all authority and Earth is poised on the edge of cataclysm. The most powerful resource of any nation in the wars to come will be the children trained inBattle Tactical and Command School. While it is perfectly appropriate for these children toserve their native countries in future wars it is inevitable that at least some nations thatlack such IF-certified geniuses or who believe that rivals have more-gifted commanders willinevitably take preemptive action either to secure that enemy resource for their own use orin any event to deny the enemy the use of that resource. In short these children are in gravedanger of being kidnapped or killed. I recognize that you have a hands-off policy toward events on Earth but it was the IF thatidentified these children and trained them thus making them targets. Whatever happens to thesechildren the IF has ultimate responsibility. It would go a long way toward protecting them ifyou were to issue an order placing these children under Fleet protection warning any nation orgroup attempting to harm or interfere with them that they would face swift and harsh militaryretribution. Far from regarding this as interference in Earthside affairs most nations wouldwelcome this action and for whatever it is worth you would have my complete support in allpublic forums. I hope you will act immediately. There is no time to waste. Respectfully Locke Nothing looked right in Armenia when Petra Arkanian returned home. The mountains were dramaticof course but they had not