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The winter slowly softened into spring. Thin films of water ran over the mushy ice in the rivers. The thaws got longer than the freezes, and the snow shrank back into shadowed pockets and odd hummocks. Wawee was paved with cold mud. “We can go on up to the Hastab,” Kel said. “Soon as the…
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The dark river carried them away from the castle. They floated along until the first light grayed the sky; then they made for the eastern shore and pulled themselves up on the bank. They quickly clothed their shivering, water-wrinkled bodies and looked around for the rest of Kel’s band. The scouts were supposed to be…
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Part Two: The Banners Said Forever They crossed into Valen. The border was unmarked, but up ahead they saw humped rows of mountains. The craggy Hightops were a cloudy presence in the air above lesser ranges, a denser blue on the blue of the sky. “The mountains cut the country into three parts,” Kel said.…
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The next day a sleepy Richard was on the road to the Highgap. He and Kel sorted the soldiers and wagons into a long, thin marching column. They started up the long, thin road to the pass. Richard took a leather-covered object from his saddle bags. “Here’s something Peterson sent you.” Kel was puzzled. “What…
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When he regained some of his strength, Richard was taken back to Hallen. Laury came with him. He and the other wounded men were delivered to their homes in wagons. Richard walked into the Malins’ house under his own power, but Laury and a swarm of amateur nurses pressed him into bed. “You’re lucky…
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According to Laury’s calculations, the child she was carrying had been conceived early in the fall. It would be born in the summer. But Richard couldn’t be with her. Larens had appointed him marshal of Hallen. Kel wanted the new marshal to lead the army against Morik. “Maybe it’s better you’re going, ” Laury said…
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The voyage of the Nieuw Breda (Lingo: 9B). The 9B was a transporter of the VIC (Vereenigde Interstellair Compagne) out of Concourse:Vier (C:V) engaged in the VIC’s recolonization enterprise. VIC had recognized that a number of marginal colonies settled during late First Expansion might be made prosperous with the adoption of modern, Second Expansion technologies.…
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Umasun is a G0V star, a little larger, brighter, and bluer than Sol. Uma is the star’s fourth planet, giving it a year 1.27 times that of Earth. It is 1.17 times the circumference of Earth, but of lower density, so that the gravity is 0.94G. The lower density is primarily due to the vast…
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Hanny’s Story I was just writing innocently along, telling my planetary romance, when I got to the part where my people were over wintering in Wawee. I planned for them to tell stories. I’d give them a couple of lines humorously describing each tale. Sarey telling about one of her stranger clients. Richard, Plott, and…
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At the time of If We Live the Ayvens are seen as a caste, which claimed the right to rule not only the Stablen, but also each individual band. But they began as a religious movement. As the tales of the Wild Girl percolated up to the southeast Hastab from Lastablen, they began to change…
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