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The Fires of Vulcan - Chapter 14

Devnum

Sorantius stepped off the carriage into the busy streets of Devnum, gazing around at the transformed city. Every time he came back to the city, he was amazed. A year a...

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The Fires of Vulcan - Chapter 13

Gaul, North of the Pyrenees

Velius stood on the edge of the bustling encampment, taking in the organized chaos of the construction site. All around him, the legionaries and a...

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The Fires of Vulcan - Chapter 12

Northern Germania

“They’re all like this?” Ky asked, looking across the Rhine from the small hilltop they stood upon at what had once been a small village.

Dark p...

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The Fires of Vulcan - Chapter 11

“Come,” Lucilla said at the knock on the door to her quarters.

She’d been up all night writing out the rubber process details for Sorantius, and planned to get a late start on the day, ...

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The Fires of Vulcan - Chapter 10

Factorium

Lucilla’s carriage rattled down the cobbled road, the rhythmic clopping of the horses’ hooves filling the air. The newly added stones were a step above the worn...

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The Fires of Vulcan - Chapter 9

Devnum

It had taken almost two weeks following his meeting with Lurio for him to get to see the Empress. After her return from Factorium, there had been some kind of crisis i...

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The Fires of Vulcan - Chapter 8

Devnum

Medb sipped her calda, a mixture of wine, spices, and warmed water that she found oddly pleasing in spite of herself, as she watched Cormac stand adjusting his tunic i...

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The Fires of Vulcan - Chapter 7

North of the Pyrenees Mountains

Optio Quintus Tullus Hortalus pulled his woolen cloak tighter, though it provided scant protection against the biting cold. The icy wind howle...

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Border Crossed Update

I just realized an error in Border Crossed.  Taylor and Whitaker's kid at the end of the previous book was a girl named grace, but I switched it to a boy named henry in chapters 1 and 3 in thi...

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The Fires of Vulcan - Chapter 6

Daramouda

Tabnit looked around at his assembled officers, a sea of attentive faces staring back at him over a large table set up to hold a massive map of the continent. Woode...

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The Fires of Vulcan - Chapter 5

“… your crops are purchased, and make sure the larger farms can’t mandate which growers a market is required to buy from. Will that suffice?” Lucilla said, trying to maintain her focus in s...

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The Fires of Vulcan - Chapter 4

North-Western Germania

Ky crept through the snow-covered forest, Vandili and Istvaeones tribesmen moving with equal stealth on either side of him. A dozen men in total, they ...

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The Fires of Vulcan - Chapter 3

Carthage

Tabnit marched through the massive bronze doors leading into the emperor’s throne room, his polished armor and red cloak swishing around his ankles with each step....

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The Fires of Vulcan - Chapter 2

Port Invictus, Iberian Coast

Velius, Legate of the 7th Legion and overall commander of the Britannian forces, gazed across the small but still-growing port from the nearly co...

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The Fires of Vulcan (Imperium #5) - Chapter 1

North-Western Germania

Anyone who looked at Ky, Consul of Britannia and commander of the Britannic forces in Northern Europe, could tell he was an outsider. Even dressed in t...

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Border Crossed - Chapter 4

By midnight, the FBI offices had been abandoned, as everyone but the janitorial staff, a few agents on night duty, and Taylor, had headed home for the night. Not that he had noticed. He’d been en...

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Border Crossed - Chapter 3

Taylor, Whitaker, and Matthews found a small, out-of-the-way Mexican place. Taylor always preferred somewhere quiet, over crowds, so it was perfect for him.

“You really think there’s more...

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Elegy - Chapter 36

Sunday morning, I was sleeping in, as was usual after playing the night before. I was still flying high, and not even from the shows we’d played this weekend. Friday, there had been an article in...

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Elegy - Chapter 35

Surprising myself, more than anyone else, I actually did manage to get caught up on my schoolwork. Just like the previous year, it probably wouldn’t have been possible without Kat, who worked her...

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Elegy - Chapter 34

Monday, I was back at school, and it felt weird. I’d been gone for so long, it almost felt foreign. Weirder than that was that no one really paid attention to me. I guess I should have expected t...

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Elegy - Chapter 33

I made it back home very late Wednesday night, and Lyla was supposed to come over around lunchtime today to continue working on getting our songs ready without Marco’s part. Lyla had called aroun...

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Elegy - Chapter 32

Monday, I met Mr. Eaves outside of the Buncombe County School District offices. Normally, these kinds of meetings made me nervous because I was in a position where one man held my fate in his hands...

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Elegy - Chapter 31

Mr. Campbell was furious after the hearing ended. He glared at the sheriff and then at me before stomping out of the courtroom. I resisted the urge to smile at him in return, since he was still goi...

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Elegy - Chapter 30

As the following week passed, my nerves ramped up as we were closing in on the hearing to consider the motion to dismiss my case. If we got this granted, I’d be able to finish the school year, al...

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Elegy - Chapter 29

It had only been two days and I was starting to go out of my mind. After a year with a schedule so packed that I hardly had time to sleep, I was now existing in limbo, waiting all day for Kat and M...

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Elegy - Chapter 28

I ended up back at Hanna’s house, after being kicked out of school, just trying to figure out what to do. Kat was at school, and Mrs. Philips was working, so I was on my own, lost.

I mostly...

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Elegy - Chapter 27

I was completely drained by the time I got home. After the funeral and having to hear how everyone was sorry about my mother, and then having to face the band and tell them we were going to have to...

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Elegy - Chapter 26

Friday was my mother’s funeral. There were a lot more people than I expected, most of whom I didn’t recognize. I assumed many were from one of Mom’s two jobs, people she worked with. My grand...

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Elegy - Chapter 25

The next morning my alarm went off early. Well, it’s not exactly fair to say it was very early since I had set it for seven-thirty in the morning, which was later than my usual time to get up for...

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Elegy - Chapter 24

By the time I got back to the prison, there was no one around. It was after lunch and they were all out in the yard, which was apparently a large open area where prisoners could get some exercise. ...

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