In "The White King's War," when Flandry says, "Right? Right," the flashback finishes and the scene shifts back to Wayland whereas A Circus Of Hells adds a paragraph about Flandry's thoughts. He came to Ammon on a hunch. Now he is held by money, risk, enjoyment and something else:
"...a vision...hazy, uncertain, and gigantic." (p. 212)
By enriching Ammon, he can empower and motivate that:
"...medium-scale vice boss on a tenth-rate frontier planet..." (p. 207)
- to lobby for the Empire to continue to defend this frontier.
By following the parallel between "The White King's War" and these opening chapters of A Circus Of Hells, we skipped past CHAPTER THREE where Rax recruits Djana to the Merseian spy ring.
The fates of worlds hang in the balance.
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Kaor, Paul!
It's interesting to see Flandry doing the right thing, striving to strengthen the Empire, by illicit means by accepting that million credit bribe from "Brother Ammon." But I certainly sympathize with that "...hazy, uncertain and gigantic" vision Flandry had.
Ad astra! Sean
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