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La loi du plus fort...
Dans sa quête permanente de nouveaux alliés, l'équipe phare d'Atlantis se rend à Halcyon, un monde industriel sinistre où les Wraith ne sont plus craints - ils sont chassés. Horrifié par la brutalité du peuple guerrier d'Halcyon, le lieutenant-colonel John Sheppard se retrouve bientôt pris dans les machinations politiques de l'aristocratie d'Halcyon. Dans une société féodale où la force est synonyme de pouvoir, il réalise que les nobles ne reculeront devant rien pour assurer la victoire sur leurs rivaux.
Pendant ce temps, le Dr Rodney McKay demande l'aide de la fille du souverain pour enquêter sur une puissante structure des Anciens, mais la brillance scientifique de McKay a suscité l'intérêt de l'homme le plus puissant de la planète - un homme qui a un problème qu'il a désespérément besoin que McKay résolve.
Alors qu'Halcyon s'enfonce dans une catastrophe qu'elle a elle-même créée, l'équipe doit s'allier aux seigneurs de guerre ou mourir des mains de leur ennemi le plus acharné...
Might makes right...
In their ongoing quest for new allies, Atlantis' flagship team travels to Halcyon, a grim industrial world where the Wraith are no longer feared-they are hunted. Horrified by the brutality of Halcyon's warlike people, Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard soon becomes caught up in the political machinations of Halcyon's aristocracy. In a feudal society where strength means power, he realizes the nobles will stop at nothing to ensure victory over their rivals.
Meanwhile, Dr. Rodney McKay enlists the aid of the ruler's daughter to investigate a powerful Ancient structure, but McKay's scientific brilliance has aroused the interest of the planet's most powerful man-a man with a problem he desperately needs McKay to solve.
As Halcyon plunges into a catastrophe of its own making, the team must join forces with the warlords-or die at the hands of their bitterest enemy...
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"So, how we going play this, Sheppard? You let them bottle us up, and-"
"I'm working on it," Sheppard replied, cutting Ronon off . "We miss our call-in and Atlantis will send out Lorne and a rescue team."
"That's not much of a plan."
"Hey, I'm making this up as I go."
Rodney snorted. "No change from normal there, then."
"I see one," said Bishop. "End of the street, he's scoping us."
"They won't try to wait us out," said Dex, "that's not how they do it. They'll rush us." He sneered. "Wraith like the direct approach."
"Couldn't be more than a dozen of them clowns out there," noted Hill, "even counting those we put down."
Sheppard looked around. "Ammo check. Anyone low?" He got a chorus of negatives from everyone except Teyla. The Athosian woman was stock still, sighting down the length of her gun. "Teyla, you with us?"
She shuddered, and he saw the distant, fearful look in her eyes that he knew meant trouble. "John. There are more Wraith out there. A lot more. They know-"
Teyla's words were drowned out in a howling chorus of blaster bolts as the aliens opened up on the stone building from all sides.
"Return fire!" barked Sheppard. "Targets of opportunity!"
Chronologie
L'histoire de ce roman prend place durant la saison 2 de Stargate Atlantis entre les épisodes Chasse à l'homme et L'union fait la force 1ère partie.
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