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  • Song of Shallow Waters Prologue: Ten Years Before

    “Isaac?” “Yes, mummy?” he replied. The small boy placed his book on his lap and looked up, wriggling his toes underneath the threadbare blanket. “Are you in bed?” “Yes.” He ...

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  • Song of Shallow Waters I: The Sirens

    There is a prologue if you haven't read it:viewtopic.php?t=17765 -------- Come to us, they sang. There is warmth here. Isaac left the city on foot, heading toward the coast. The ...

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  • Song of Shallow Waters II: Meeting an Enigma

    Prologue Chapter 1 -------- Isaac awoke the next day to find one of the foretopman standing over him, gently shaking his shoulder. “We're at port, running a little ahead of ...

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  • Song of Shallow Waters III: Storm's Edge

    Isaac stared up. He had been standing on the deck since dusk, counting the hours as the moon paced across the sky until it vanished into a thicket of clouds. ...

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  • War, Children.

    I remember that summer in Minnesota, at Aunt Linda's house. Little shack on the river. It was big for the town, though, and the lawn sloped right down to the ...

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