KARREV HADN’T INCLUDED the defense units in his plan, and he regretted it bitterly. His instructions to his followers had been simple: secure the supplies and order anyone who wasn’t already his supporter to declare their allegiance to him. If they refused, they were to be brought to him there, in the auditorium, stunned if necessary. He’d planned on taking great pleasure in forcing them to accept him as their new master.
But those great, hulking beasts, more robot than human, couldn’t be coerced. The minute that news of his takeover had gotten out, someone had ordered them to squash his rebellion, and they were doing it in their usual efficient style. How could he have been so stupid? Listening to the sounds of weapon fire in the corridors, Karrev took out the bottle of myth and gazed at
