Starfall Book 1 by T. Newyear

Author:T. Newyear
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Newyear Media
Published: 2023-11-07T00:00:00+00:00

FOR A TALE—

The palace of co-operation in the moonlight, a century hence. A woman steals silently through the orderly courtyard to a small, peaked door, like one sees in an ancient chapel. The moon is bright enough to light her way along the flat, smooth paths. In her hand, she carries a magic lantern, its colours shifting. She is a natural philosopher (!) and has discovered something strange.

-all these beginnings yet where to go?

FROM THE FIRST MOMENTS we arrived back in Harmony, I noted a certain distance in F. When we were chasing after the General, as His Eminence cantered across the continent, F and I were thick as thieves. Now she has become so preoccupied that I am often left to my own devices. This feels like a mercy at times, though I miss our long and constant talks, as one might miss the regular click of the pendulum of one’s hall clock at home.

Without that familiar pulse, with F always at her writing desk or in conversation with GF, who is once again a frequent caller, I am restless, especially once night falls and all hope of other entertainment vanishes. I turn to these pages for solace.

So, let me describe this moment. Tonight, the muddy streets are doused in moonlight. It is so warm, yet I long to close the window, if only to shut out the mosquitoes and the shrieks and cries from the forest. This is not the benign chorus of the frogs and katty-dids that one often hears further east, that I have come to cherish, but the distressing call of a wild and wolfish creature, far off under the trees, and it is hard to bear.

Despite these eerie cries, my sister is lingering outside with GF, and together they are pacing in a patch of grass in front of No 1. They are deep in lively debate, walking stride locked to stride.

I am inside and I sit here, alone. There’s a book open in my lap but I have no desire to read Restless

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