1. Night Wind to Bahia
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... courage, he grabbed some ground and launched himself upward. For an instant, the animal paused. William stared into its yellow eyes and watched folds of dark skin around its mouth curl upward, revealing ...

2. The Forth Contention
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... feet away, a round tower stretched upward into the darkness. It was flanked by two featureless buildings looking like huge boxes, fifty-feet on a side. Probably storehouses, he thought. After a ...

3. Message of the Pendant
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... into an icy swirling maelstrom. The turbulence tumbled her over and over within a soundless gray abyss. Current dragged her suspended body further into darkness. Desperately, she clawed at the liquid, ...