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1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 30

1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 30 Again, O’Rourke nodded. “Aye, you’ve the right of all that.” His voice became dark and regretful. “But those past days of Ireland are not these days. And kings now must tread a different, more careful, path. In those elder days, to lead and to govern was […]

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 28

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 28 “Will his taste ever turn to the flesh of men?” Chapter Six “Tell me who you are,” Maltres Korinn said to the second Zoman. He sat in his office, facing Gazelem Zomas across his desk. At Gazelem’s side sat another Zoman, blond and broad featured, and wearing lacquered wooden armor […]

1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 29

1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 29 Chapter 16 Just outside San José de Oruña, Trinidad So far, everything had gone as the three of them had planned. Which many men might have found reassuring, but over the course of his life, Hugh O’Donnell had been orphaned, adopted, knighted, and decreed a traitor […]

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 27

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 27 “I want roots again,” Bill said. “I want them to be with you. And Sarah gave me . . . gave us this house. I shall have to build, but for you I will build, even if it means building a mound. For you, I will build a thousand mounds.” […]

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 26

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 26 “Did I plant this Ashtar?” Nothing. “Did this Ashtar grow here because of some deed of mine? Was this Ashtar caused to grow by some object I once owned? Did a spell of mine cause this Ashtar to grow?” Nothing. Luman hesitated. “Does the serpent goddess want me to do […]

1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 28

1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 28 Chapter 15 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad Morning started for Hugh O’Donnell with the face of his aide and old friend Aodh O’Rourke scowling down at him. “A fine example to your men, sleeping away half the morning,” was how the veteran aide-de-camp said “good morning.” before howling for […]

1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 27

1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 27 Chapter 14 Nezpique Bayou, Louisianna After motoring two and a half miles along the winding Nezpique Bayou, Templeton pointed up through a gap in the canopy. “There. Smoke. Up ahead.” “Smoke?” Eckdahl echoed. “A camp?” Quinn shook his head. “More like an invitation, I think. Karl, […]

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 25

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 25 The strange child-man body that carried the Lord Protector within it looked frail and short, but the voice that came out was an aural attack. Thou shalt not require thy sword, my son. I have a wedding gift for thee. Thomas nodded, unsure whether he should feel dread or relief. […]

1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 26

1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 26 In hindsight, he might have been able to make it out of Galveston Bay under sail alone, but in the event that the wind became fickle at just the moment she was running a gauntlet between two close sandbars, Haraldsen had wisely decided that it was […]

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 24

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 24 The warden frowned. “You’ve come to free them all?” Then realization spread across his face like a sudden dawn. “No. Those you don’t free, you will hang.” Yaas. As a first step. Ezekiel Angleton’s voice broke into Thomas’s mind like the crackle of dried leaves, or the snapping of an […]