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1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 16

1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 16 Chapter 9 Petit-cul-de-sac Marin, Guadeloupe Even after the French survivors had all been removed to Intrepid, the Kalinago didn’t emerge from the forest until she lowered a longboat carrying the warriors they’d left behind when fleeing St. Eustatia. Two of them rose into view and approached […]

Heart Of The World – Snippet 14

Heart Of The World – Snippet 14 Jun gave her a sharp look. “What’s wrong? What happened in there?” Dinah shook her head. “Nothing. Nothing.” She went in among the other women, comforted by their numbers. *** One day the French merchant told her, “Bohemund is coming.” “Bohemund,” she said. Vaguely she knew this was […]

Marked Territory – Snippet 14

Marked Territory – Snippet 14 The new dog had stopped in his tracks just past the corner of the church, and he was eyeing me warily. He was a mottled tan, with a wrinkled forehead that made him look thoughtful instead of fearsome. He also had ears that made him look like a close cousin […]

Marked Territory – Snippet 13

Marked Territory – Snippet 13 “It’s been a dog’s age,” Taggart said, panting a wheezing laugh at his own joke. “Place has been closed up for years. I remember when I was still a pup I’d come sniffing around on Thursdays when the padre would leave the scraps from the soup kitchen out for whatever […]

Heart Of The World – Snippet 13

Heart Of The World – Snippet 13 He said, “Your name is Dinah.” He drawled the a, as the Mongols all did. “Yes,” she said. “I am Kitboqa,” he said. “I am great in the il-Khan’s favor.” “I’ve noticed that,” she said. She saw how he puffed himself up as he spoke, throwing his chest […]

1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 15

1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 15 Chapter 8 Petit-cul-de-sac Marin, Guadeloupe “Starboard battery two, A gun, reports ready, Commodore!” Svantner cried over the flap of Intrepid‘s sails. “Fire at the crew chief’s discretion, Lieutenant!” Eddie shouted back, albeit with none of his XO’s animation. That permission, shouted down a speaking tube to […]

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 13

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 13 “Doesn’t Cahokia have doctors?” Chapter Three At Sarah’s insistence, Cathy Filmer had been made one of the Ladies of Tendance, the seven women who were permitted to pass through the veil of the Temple of the Sun and enter into the presence of the Serpent Throne. One had to be […]

1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 14

1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 14 He saw Klees’ quizzical look. “Yes, I understand the point of the steam tugs, Lieutenant. It was not enough that the Spanish war galleons sped ahead of their main body and then could not maneuver back to engage you without turning into the wind and the […]

Heart Of The World – Snippet 12

Heart Of The World – Snippet 12 The merchant turned and answered, and they were speaking French. She hovered, listening. She got some of it. She went back to the counter, and the merchant swung back to her. She said, stumbling, “Je vuv-veux menorah? Shofar?” He looked at her as if she were witless. She […]

Marked Territory – Snippet 12

Marked Territory – Snippet 12 Chapter Four The crew was mostly asleep by the time I got back to St. Bart’s, but Mordecai roused Mitzi long enough for her to unpin the door and let me in. I spent a couple of hours curled up near the wall, my head resting on my flank. My […]