When the Gospodar of Dennitza is arrested for high treason, a Terran officer demands that Dennitza and its armed forces give immediate total obedience to Admiral da Costa who, as the ranking Imperial in the Zorian System, is the Emperor's representative. At the same time, in the Gospodar's absence, the Chief Justice will preside in the Shkoptsina/Parliament when it meets the following day. A perfect recipe for a vote for secession, as conspirators have planned. Dennitza is on the marches of the Merseian Roidhunate and outsiders might suppose that Merseian Dennitzans would favour incorporation into that rival interstellar empire. However, not only are these ychani("seekers" in Eriau)/zmayi ("dragons" in Serbic) opposed to rule from Merseia but the fishers from the Obala are prepared to march to and into the Shkoptsina, hiding Dominic Flandry and Kossara Vymezal among their ranks, in order to expose the conspiracy. The result is violence in the Shkoptsina and the murder/martyrdom of (St.) Kossara but the conspiracy is broken due to mass action by Dennitzan/Imperial citizens of Merseian descent. Flandry plays a key role but as part of a social movement, not as a clandestine individual operative.
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Kaor, Paul!
Yes, but Flandry was crucial in the immediate aftermath of the breaking of that Merseian conspiracy. Despite his anguish over Kossara's death he knew what had to be done and said to enable Bodin Miyatovich to resume his powers as Gospodar after being released from arrest.
Ad astra! Sean
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