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		<description>The original writings of author Taal Vastal</description>
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			<title>Memoirs, Part II</title>
			<description>A reviewed and edited except from the Memoirsof the Scarlett Assassin, Retrieved by myself, Carl Markos, from the Hands ofmy fellow scholar Malali Arachi, a woman of Candor, of Irridace.&amp;nbsp;I don&amp;rsquo;t know how they found me. I had been as secretive ..</description>
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			<title>Beautiful Mathematics</title>
			<description>Could one model love with an equation?</description>
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			<title>Shrapnel of a Cage</title>
			<description>I moved quickly, wrapping my bound arms around one of the small barrels of grain spirit and dragging it to the centre of the room. Leaving the container lidded, I heaved it over, grunting beneath my gag. A thin trickle of fluid sprang from the imperfect lid, and a little stream of alcohol flowed alo..</description>
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			<title>Clipped Wings</title>
			<description>Blood has a funny taste - though barelyever funny in the humorous sense. But the life fluid that our worldly vesselsrely upon is nevertheless metallic and sickening, despite it&amp;rsquo;s necessity.&amp;nbsp;I&amp;rsquo;d woken up often with unpleasant tasteson my tongue - bile and sourness fro..</description>
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			<title>Documents and Miscellanea; Part 1</title>
			<description>AnExcerpt from An Overview of Empirical Candor andSurrounds, a work by Malali Arachi, awoman of Candor, of Irridace.&amp;nbsp;The Verich Coast is an interestingphenomenon in today&amp;rsquo;s modern world. It is a strip of land with relativelylittle minable or..</description>
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			<title>A Colder Moment</title>
			<description>There was no stall of Tinkers at themarketplace, just an empty spot where they had set up. Neither were there signsof struggle or combat, nor was the crowded marketplace in any state of upset. Ifrowned, before remembering -&amp;nbsp;They willhave probably returned t..</description>
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			<title>Kinetomancy</title>
			<description>Sprinting. Running. My breath becomingheavier, but not unsteady - I&amp;rsquo;d put a bit of weight over my whip-chord frame,but the hard muscles underneath were solid. My recollection of the run towardsthe house is blurred, quite unusually for me. Sitting here writing ..</description>
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			<title>Memoirs, Part I</title>
			<description>Areviewed and edited except from the Memoirs of the Scarlett Assassin, Retrievedby myself, Carl Markos, from the Hands of my fellow scholar Malali Arachi, awoman of Candor, of Irridace.&amp;nbsp;I couldn&amp;rsquo;t shake the flakes of his bloodoff my hands. They clun..</description>
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			<title>Returning to Mericella</title>
			<description>The entire trip passed in a blur of lessons with the eager children, talks with the middle-aged men of the caravan (I quickly learnt to avoid these, as they mostly talked of alcohol, sex and the sights and spices seen further inland), and of late night conversations and hot drinks with Marjorie, who..</description>
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			<title>A Cup of Inland Tea</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;So, Mage, where is it that you were heading before you became entangled in our business?&amp;rdquo; The matronly voice of the old tinker snapped me out of my reverie. She was very much in control once again, the moments of panic she had shown me the night before buried beneath wisdom, responsibil..</description>
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			<title>Tinkers and Magelight</title>
			<description>My staff was slick with sweat against my hand. I had to push hard to build the Perception rune, and even harder to splice in a Sound rune with a Location base. Black spots danced in my vision. I&amp;rsquo;d done too much today, cast too many complicated spells. The weaving came harder and harder with ev..</description>
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			<title>Prologue: Bonds Broken</title>
			<description>Escape is now naught but an impotent dreamFor in the rushing night, we are wokenAnd stay awake amid crashing wavesA boat sails in sight, all bonds broken	--Tellin Naral, Humankind Adrift (excerpt)My name is Carl Markos.My father was a whaler. From when I was young I remembered his broad, creased fac..</description>
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			<title>Runic</title>
			<description>A work in progress - now with a front cover! View my shoddy photoshop skills in all their glory!</description>
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			<title>Part one, Chapter one</title>
			<description>Part one: The wildsChapter one&amp;ldquo;Come on, Danel. Hurry it up. Gettin&amp;rsquo; too long in the tooth,uh?&amp;rdquo; Lieutenant Jack Tafler, at least fifteen years Danel&amp;rsquo;s senior, bared hiscrooked teeth through a rough salt and pepper mass of stubble, his bald headshining like a beacon. Capt..</description>
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			<title>This letter...</title>
			<description>This document is addressed to the Lord-Commander of theStanding Forces of Greater Malirith, in the time known to be 52,2012 Rainsafter the founding of this Free State (May it stand forever, in destitution orwealth, growth or decay, ect, ect).Lord-Commander, a most interesting trio of subje..</description>
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			<title>Peacekeeper [Working Title]</title>
			<description>This book is dedicated to my new nephew. Welcome to the world.</description>
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