Prologue and first chapter from the YA fantasy novel I’m writing.
Prologue
“I don’t like it, Captain. Those clouds ain’t right.”
Thirty days at sea, the Anglevere clipper Mary Drake bobbed on the waves on the way to the island of Nauwani, her stopover before the final push to the Spice Cities, a bank of high dark clouds before her. She was one of the few remaining sailing ships in the line, and this was to be her last voyage before retirement and replacement with a steam ship. Continue reading
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