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Farlander Excerpt 2
Chapter One, 'The Shield'
Bahn had climbed the Mount of Truth many times in his life. It was a green,
broad-shouldered hill with gentle slopes, not overly high; yet that morning,
hiking up the path that wound its way towards the flattened summit, it
seemed steeper than it ever had before. He could not fathom why.
“Bahn,” said Marlee by his side, her hand in his tugging him to a stop.
He turned. His wife was gazing back along the path, her palm shielding
her eyes from the sun. Juno, their ten-year-old son, struggled some way
behind. He was small for his age, and the picnic basket he carried too
bulky for his short arms. Still, he had insisted on carrying it on his own.
Bahn wiped sweat from his brow. In the moment his hand drew clear and
cool air kissed his forehead, he thought: I do not wish him to see this today.
And he knew then that it was not the hill that was steeper that morning. It
was his own resistance to it. Read More >
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Farlander
The Heart of the World
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(Tor, March 2010)
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