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When the conscription council adjourned,
after Pedral finally revealed the location of missing bolters, Ubaudi took
Atuma to the side, speaking priv..
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The trail had gone bumpy, rocking the
cart harshly from side to side. Legs flailing near the rear, Amali Bristown was
able to brace with their feet ..
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A strong wind had tempered the
Prehandan sun for the most consequential of hours of the Imperium inquisition. For
all the laborers, seated on the ho..
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“What in the hell happened to Caras?!” The
normally silent laborer, Olbro, was screaming at Jaakir Hbetruh as she stood
from her perch h..
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The eastern ascent from Prehanda camp
to the rim offered none of the even terrain Atuma Harksgard had grown
accustomed to during his earlier travels..
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The crosswinds were low tonight. Not
that it he ever felt the gusts at the Twilight Gate during his nightly watch,
but this was his first time ventu..
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When Jaakir
approached ordering an end to the shift, Trask had yet to tire. While the sun
would not peak over the Hadornas for another hour, he coul..
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In the darkness,
rodents thrummed against the desert brush and sparse groves of cottonwood
trees. Each breaking twig or rustling branch heightened t..
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Is
that a draught on the nightstand? Teplier Cardichi smacked his lips and mustered
what energy he could bring it to his lips and a drink. He was th..
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The events of The Spiral Stair take place over five days, preceding the outbreak of a continental war, with Atuma and his companions caught in the mid..
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