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The "Elevator Ride from Hell," Jamil had called it.
And there would he no going back.
CHAPTER 36
The Great White Mountain Man said, "The reason deception is valued in military operations is not just for deceiving enemies, but, to begin with, for deceiving one's own troops, to get them to follow unknowingly."
Commentary on Sun Tzu's The Art of War
The Temple of the Goddess on the planet Ceres was an enormous edifice. Built on the steppes of a mountain held sacred to the people of Ceres, the temple dominated the landscape, as it dominated the lives of its people. The complex was enormous, housing the priests and priestesses as well as the numerous acolytes and novices who served the Goddess.
The inner portion of the temple was sacrosanct, could not be entered by the uninitiated, with only a few exceptions. Today s private religious ceremonies would be perfomled within the temple confines, but the public ceremonies preceding would be held outside the temple, on a specially built platform raised above the temple steps.
As Dion had told Dixter, months of planning and preparation had been devoted to today's ceremony. It was vitally important not only for religious, but for political reasons as well. The Baroness DiLuna, mother of the queen, ruler of Ceres, and a powerful force in the galaxy, had forced this marriage on the young king in return for helping him attain the throne
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