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...Chief Inspector Strock gets the tough cases. When a volcano suddenly appears to threaten mountain towns of North Carolina amid the non-volcanic Blue Ridge Mountains, Strock is posted to determine the danger. When an automobile race in Wisconsin is interrupted by the unexpected appearance of a vehicle traveling at multiples of the top speed of the entrants, Strock is ...

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...ad, events or locales is entirely coincidental. The Last Blue Rose The early 1800's were a time of trouble in Europe. There was r... ...rossed the lowlands of Carolina, climbed thefoothills and endured through the mountains. They had never dreamed such a land existed. Therolling mounta... ...resh with the smells of earlysummer. The boys were exploring further into the mountains and Werner leaned on his stick as heslowly moved along the tra... ...had come here and that he was happy and wanted tostay. And then he closed his blue eyes for the last time as he died.They made the cemetery on top of ... ...f Werner's eyes, swayed in the gentle morning breeze.The years passed and the blue rose flourished and when death visited the family as it does allfam... ...to become one of the many national parksand it became part of the Great Smoky Mountains. Then came the years of drought. Electrical stormsstarted many... ...re were no roads ortrails into the valley, I would have to hike several steep ridges to reach it. This combined with thesize of the valley and the fac... ...g.One afternoon in the late summer, Colonel and I sat resting on the top of a ridge. The sun wasbeginning to move low in the sky and starting to paint... ...er find it.The sun occasionally sparkled off rocks across the way on the next ridge. I had searched that ridge afew weeks before and now I simply gaze...

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... 84 Robert Michael Ballantyne Over the Rocky MountainsWandering Will in the Land of the Redskin ... ...somethingmountains--I forget--""Rocky, perhaps.""Yes, that's it, the Rocky Mountains, and I wish they were not so rocky,for your sake, darling, for yo... ...scape somethin' or other--had died an' left asmall estate behind the Rocky Mountains in Ameriky or Afriky, I aintsure which.""Ameriky, my dear," obser... ...ll in rear, all of you, an' followme down in the bottom there, between the ridges. Don't out o'cooriosity go exposin' yourselves to the buffalo. In th... ... he proceeded some distance further alongthe bottom, and then ascended the ridge in a stooping position. Onnearing the summit he crept on hands and kn... ...ng a few minutes, WillOsten hobbled his horse and crept up the side of the ridge, which mightbe more correctly described as an undulating prairie-wave... ...wing horizon--so far that itseemed as if a whole world lay between--a soft blue line was faintlyvisible. It might have been mistaken for the distant s... ... might have been mistaken for the distant sea, or a long lowcloud of azure blue, but Will Osten knew that, however unlike to them itmight appear, this...

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...Neuromancer William Gibson CHIBA CITY BLUES 1 2 The Shopping Expedition 3 4 5 6 7 MIDNIGHT IN THE RUE JULES VERNE 8 9 10 11 12 THE STRAYLIGHT RUN 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL 24...

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...u'll look for them all. Table of ContentsNeuromancer William GibsonCHIBA CITY BLUES 1 2The Shopping Expedition 3 4 5 6 7MIDNIGHT IN ... ...2THE STRAYLIGHT RUN 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL 24 PART 1CHIBA CITY BLUES1The sky above the port was the color of televisi... ... Linda Lee.He’d found her, one rainy night, in an arcade. Under bright ghosts burning through a blue haze ofcigarette smoke, holograms of Wizard’s Cas... ...re with a yellow-headed drawing pin through the hole at its center. He closed hiseyes.Found the ridged face of the power stud. And in the bloodlit dar... ...eter of the spindle narrowed, gravity decreased; somewhere above him,he’d decided, would be the mountains Molly climbed, the bicycle loop, launching g... ...an you get it off for me, man? Put it on my Hosaka.Then turn my deck on. It’s the stud with the ridges on it.""How you doin’ in there, mon?""Well, I n...

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...Synopsis: Recently wounded while on duty as a city police officer, a young woman retreats to an isolated Blue Ridge mountain cabin to recover. Soon she meets a county sheriff's deputy, and together they begin to discover there's something all too real and sinister behind a local superstitious folk legend. 50,000 words/300 pages ...

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...ile on duty as a city policeofficer, a young woman retreats to an isolated Blue Ridgemountain cabin to recover. Soon she meets a county sheriff'sdeput... ...n duty as a city policeofficer, a young woman retreats to an isolated Blue Ridgemountain cabin to recover. Soon she meets a county sheriff'sdeputy, an... ...ws -- a uniformed policewoman, short, bouncychestnut hair beneath the navy-blue cap.And now, Mandy stood stock-still, appraising the dangeroussituatio... ...Look, dad's law partner, Daniel Hite, has a rustic cabin in theAppalachian Mountains and if the doctor agrees, I thought youmight like to go there for... ...r the next month of your leave?"Mandy immediately jumped at the offer; the mountains werejust the medicine for mending her health -- and a broken hear... ...ng?""I don't see why he would. It's there to use, and he rarely getsto the mountains."She felt elated and said, "Oh I hope the doctor agrees!""But the... ...locking up her home, Stanley pulled to thecurb and got out of his Prussian-blue Porsche. Striding to her,he frowned and admonished, "I told you I'd he... ...lly making progress?"He grinned. "Yep, sure are."She was familiar with the ridgelines of a mountainside, althoughshe'd only hiked on designated trails... ...ss. He kept them on course, and theascent continued to steepen.At the next ridgeline, Keith instructed Mandy to rest while hewent scouting. She sat do...

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...“ край с. Равногор On the road from Ravnogor to St. Elijah’s chapel 11 Гледка към Балкана и Средна гора край с. Горна махала View to the Balkan mountains and Sredna gora from the field near Gorna Mahala village 12 Сопотския метох „Въведение Богородично“ The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary monastery in the town of Sopot 13 Старинна къща с кулата отзад в це...

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...ot simply on a top а навръх Стара планина but on the top of the Old mountainsКрали Марко има престолнина. is Kr... ...nce. 53Уж Чернатица, Blacking is called the ridge, а цялата but it is throughout ... ...та but it is throughout е синя. blue. 54 Мина ли моста W... ... in the spring under the Balkan-и по върхове, и по върхари! on tops of mountains and tops of trees. 57 От корен ... ...hapel11 Гледка към Балкана и Средна гора край с. Горна махала View to the Balkan mountains and Sredna gora from the field near Gorna Mahala villa... ...о билото на Балкана- царствоto на Крали Марко The Levski hut with the peaks on the ridge of the Balkan- the realm of Krali Marko20 Река Стряма кр... ... край с.Равногор към Чернатица View from the fields around Ravnogor to Chernatitsa ridge (Blacking ridge)55 Трявна Tryavna56 Гората на Сахат...

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The life and adventures of a river otter in the East Tennessee mountains.

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...danger.Humphrey ceased exploring and went outside. To his right was a high ridge covered with largeoak, hickory and chestnut trees. The undergrowth wa... ...ure water. He then went to themarsh and rolled and twisted his back in the blue gray mud that would seal the wounds and helpthe healing.He returned sl... ... aside the Seth Creek area to beprotected as a game preserve in the Smokey Mountains, or of the big ranger named Josh. RangerJosh had been raised in t... ...immediately moved into his grandparent’s log cabin on the otherside of the ridge from Seth Creek. Humphrey only knew that sometimes a man was in the a... ... because of thescars on his back. Ranger Josh came often to the top of the ridge to study the animals and recordinformation in his record book. It was...

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...well-being of the people was reflected in the health of nature around them. Today, whether looking to the sea and fisheries, or to the flat lands and mountains, or to the condition of the people, it is all too easy to find signs of stress and diminishing health of Hawaiian nature and the native culture. As will be seen in this study, this is clearly evident in the conditio...

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...eflected in the health of nature around them. Today, whether looking to the sea and fisheries, or to the flat lands and mountains, or to the conditio... ... this is clearly evident in the condition of Hawaiian fisheries, which traditionally extended from the kuahiwi–kualono (mountains), to the kai p?polo... ...heries, which traditionally extended from the kuahiwi–kualono (mountains), to the kai p?polohua a K"ne (the deep purple-blue seas of the god K%ne). ... ...ement protocols, were sustained by the wealth—and who lived within the limitations—of the natural landscape from sea to mountains. Such traditions d... ...ing region. Another name still for this belt was kai-kohala. 5. Outside of this was a belt called kai-uli, blue sea, squid-fishing sea k... ...oana, which was variously termed waho-lilo (far out to sea), or lepo (underground), or lewa (floating), or lipo (blue-black), which re... ...he pa hi aku, was desired by the aku fish as a beautiful chiefess is desired by men. At the base of the pa there is a ridge, and through this a hol... ...ravine, Waile‘a; it is the valley where grew Pakapakakuaua, the large kauila tree famous in olden times. On the short ridge between Makaleha and Wa... ... ridge between Makaleha and Waile‘a was the main trail Wauila that went on down into Makaha. There on the side of the ridge west of the valley o...

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...ls February: Hidden Valley Downstream No Zen Wars Don’t Accept Meeting a Stranger Manifesto The Path Revealed Particulars Nothing More Real Ridge-Work Insect Symmetry Progress Messengers Primal Gone Back It’s All About Perception Baths Meaning Less Wych-Hazel Jasmine, Buddha This China Passing Fires Pure Vision In a Flash No Deceit Some Day Big,...

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...shapeand shadow here of this one tree left standing,black-oak cloud on the blue over crop-yellow,pallid the boundaries, and the boughs beyond,down to ... ...ght, the still-existing-here. Over All the PlanetI understand those mountains in your country,old-coned volcanoes, old peninsulas, dark trees,w... ...ntry,old-coned volcanoes, old peninsulas, dark trees,wild mists out to the blue Pacific,far as Hawaii, and the China Seas.And the fir forests of the f... ...hose ink-brushed characters,this alien tongue. SkyHorizon of cloud, blue-lit intricacyvolume, vapour, motion in gauze,darker on white, grey on ... ...e, everything passing. They Sit Quietly‘They sit quietly on shining mountains,cleanse their spirits in hidden valleys’,gather white cloud throu... ...hing but nature describes nature,nothing more real behind the real. Ridge-WorkOrion silent, Perseus dropping light,on empty tundra the star-way... ...the mountain,deer call, trucks slide in waving grasses,carve dirt-roads up ridges, roar and grind.A waning moon, caught in deep blue air,in the sacred... ...eadow, the hill’sdelicate shadows of tracery hedgerows high-climbingto the ridge of dawn, and the wondrous horizons therebeyond the transient bounds o... ...Maybe we’ll dam the river of our being, big bouldersshattered and half the mountains cut away to fill upthe crater of our extinction, the pit of our s...

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...t Moonlit Walk It’s A Long Time Now Every CreatureCultivars How Do You Climb? The Opposite of Deadly Going Quietly, Harming Nothing The Colour Blue Whose Idea Were Cities? Big Snow Mountain Ten Billion Splinters Fragile By Starlight Dancing in the Eye of Night Seeing It Near Benares (Or Elsewhere) What Are You Saying? Before the Felling It Freely Works Wit...

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................................................................ 29The Colour Blue ......................................................................... ...................................................... 78All Night Harmonious Blue.......................................................................... ...rs,Then un-remembered mind.Beautiful March sunlightTall trees, small lake, blueA fragment, corner of azure,Torn from the higher air,All cultures build... ...t fifteen thousand feetHigh above humanMisery and lies,Range after rangeOf mountains, cappedWith snow, swollenRivers, the great four,And ‘intense stil... ...t the detritus of day for other dawns,And we are far here from streams and mountains;Shining by night, but not with spiritual light.Division of labour... ...world,Seen, but still just passed by, a thousand milesOf seamed and folded ridges, valleys, rocks.These elevated gardens of the Earth, gleamingWith co... ...ts and landless oceans,In knowledge of Being not merely the being aware,Oh mountains horizons highways and seasons,Where its light illuminates paradis... ...lsides,Delicate contours, greens and browns,Intricate escarpments and soft ridges,The weathered beauty of time-etched slopes,Brings us to water cupped...

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...enth World would rise against him. His troops gathered in formation near the stairway of stacked circular stones leading up to the Rift – a haze of blue flames muffled the crunch of steel boots on dry bones, and clattering plate mail. The cover of night and the shadow of Lock Core did the rest, hiding them from prying eyes. Though typically none but tourists ever visit...

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...sing on the horizon, a distant sun -- more light thanheat. When alone, the Blue Wife turned the world to ice. Daily, thesudden changes in temperature ... ...ood continued to fall, poolingon the floor. His body engulfed in flames of blue, Merrick pried herlegs apart. Already they had grown stiff, fighting t... ... the stairway of stackedcircular stones leading up to the Rift – a haze of blue flames muffledthe crunch of steel boots on dry bones, and clattering p... ...h his axe in hand,Rollinthor began to deliver his people from hunger. Mountains, solid stone. Rollinthor and his companions wereborn, carving the... ...d stone. Rollinthor and his companions wereborn, carving their way through mountains and solid stone. What theydid now was no different. They saw the ... ...mous tree, but now served as the centerpiece of the entirepalace. The bark ridges running up the trunk were as thick as Brice,and though leafless and ...

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...olf Jaya and his childhood friends, Keeran and Navira, sneak off at night on a journey to save their village from starvation. Animals are fleeing the mountains, and recurring earthquakes point to a sinister force at work. Arul and his friends overcome life-threatening hurdles, discovering courage and powerful bonds. With the help of his wise Guru Pari, the glorious origins...

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...all at our feet.’ ‘Our scouts have found it, Holiness,’ said the assistant, his pocked face breaking into a smile. ‘A peasant-boy who dwells in the mountains to the north.’ ‘How came such a gem to this child?’ Vazhuthi said. Who are his parents? ‘We only know that his father is a Royal Forester.’ ‘It matters not. Order our assassins to kill him and take it.’ ‘And hi...

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... Chapter 1 Child of the Mountains 1 Chapter 2 Roof of the World 13 Chapter 3 The Council of Elders 19 Chapter 4 The Guru 31 Chapter 5 A Secret Plan 43 Chapter 6 The Plantation of Elephants 49 Chapter 7 Wildflowers in the Grass 63 Chapte...

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... From India’s Mahabharata. CONTENTSChapter 1 Child of the Mountains ...........................................................1Chapt... ........................................................... 107Chapter 13 The Blue Lake .................................................................... ...In shining vimana we crossed oceans of stars. Finding refuge on a far blue world. 6000 B.C.E The continent of Kumari Kandam... ...nt, his pockedface breaking into a smile. ‘A peasant-boy who dwells in the mountainsto the north.’ ‘How came such a gem to this child?’ Vazhuthi said... ...It had always fought to escape. Chapter 1 Child of the Mountains The boy shifted on the carpet of ochre leaves, light as thewhisp... ...e stared dumbfounded at the onrushing wall ofwater, towering like an angry blue giant above the green plains. Sunlit fleckssparkled off the surface of... ...en rolling hills, climbingtowards the Ancient Forest in a series of gentle ridges. Arul couldn’t read the finely chiselled script on the brokenarchwa... ...nimals were running together.There, where the road climbed steeply up to a ridge before plungingdown the far side, a stag appeared on the crest, shaki... ... his eyes and touched the ancient bark gently, runninghis fingers over the ridges and knots. He prayed for the health of thetree, touching his forehea...

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...ust noticing you're a head shorter—and a head smarter." She took that in, then half-smiled. "And don't you forget it." * * * I stood atop a ridge, gazing at rock, thrusting a mile up into the air, cold and covered in whiteness, daggers of ice stabbing at the sky, lacking life on its summit surface but shining and glittering, even from here. The Hollow Mountain...

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...ever SoughtAbout the AuthorMAPMAP KEY FOREST HILLS MOUNTAINS SWAMP RIVER ROAD. . SETTLEMENT∴ HISTORIC ... ... to be." "Healers are always welcome. And few Dares ever leave the Hollow Mountains." He shook hishead, smiling. "Let me know what you need." "Thank... ...r head. "They might tell you, Mandi, but the one time I went to the Hollow Mountainsand met other Dares, they certainly did not tell me." ... ...und a black core. Then there was the road. Standing stones of shimmering blue-gray lined the road on either side, visible only here. Which was the ... ... brightand glowing, except that wasn't really the case. I could see bright blue sky where the tree above didn'tblock my view, while the tree of course... ...riella sent me to the Astral World again. The hills had turned rough, with ridges andravines, and we'd moved to less and less precipitous ground, till... ...e it all worthwhile, even seen only from the Spirit World. I stood atop a ridge, gazing at rock, thrusting a mile up into the air, cold and covered i... ...ng. "Need to talk to you," she said. When we'd stepped into a dip in the ridge, out of earshot of the others, I said, "If it's about Mandi—" "No," ...

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...Diamentios, the Arctic Guardian of the Icicle Temple, home to Firage Mountains and the Incabats, now stands before the Heroes, in which they demand an explanation for his recent activities. He is mostly composed of a blue diamond structure. His steel armor prevents him from any major deflect...

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...5 - Eclipsing the Standards Chapter 6 - The Metallation Assault Chapter 7 - Heavenly Destruction Chapter 8 - Sunny Mobility Chapter 9 - Under the Blue Waters Chapter 10 - The Forbidden Guardian Chapter 11 - All the Ends Meet Chapter 12 - Into the Castaway...

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.................................................... 264Chapter 9 – Under the Blue Waters................................................................... ...e creature slowly opens is mono eye, as it illuminates itself with a light-blue aura. Its metallic body collapses on itself,giving off the glowing aur... ...t your services at the quickest hour.” “Well I‟m ready then. I brought my BlueBow Staff and Cherrybrush Dress just in case we face anything unusual.”... ...the Wayward “Let‟s see what it says here. Laffer Town – Northeast, Firage Mountains – North, Chanic City – East.” “Hmm…I know! Let‟s go north!” “Ma... ...f what the town has to offer. The landwas open to the sky, guarded by tall mountains on one side, and the endless sea on the other. Almost half of the... ...ina. “Yep; it‟s all possible, thanks to that waterfall on the side of the mountains.” He then points to a single large waterfall faraway from them, a... ...side of the ledge. “Hey, that‟s not fair. They don‟t have to climb up the ridge.” “Too bad; it‟s only a few feet up.” Jonathan said. The boys reach...

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...t'). I saw foxes, singular wolverines (purposeful tanks that can take out a grizzly), lots of birds, northern lights, sundogs, moondogs, green snow, blue snow, and many northern experiences unfathomable to southern warmer eyes. It is often hard to recall those eyes upon returning south, such is the absolute wonder I have witnessed in the north. I melted snow near the wood...

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...E LIGHTS! and moondogs and skyquakes- OH MY! … CHAPTER EIGHT: Save the Queen, not the Wi-Fi. … CHAPTER NINER: The un-named 2000’ highpointed Stoney Mountains of Kug/ Coppermine to Churchill that hold the weather in, as in- ‘in’sanely cold (locally named). … CHAPTER X: Green mud forming around a small green chalky pebble- it’s a water-soluble-dissolving-pebble in a wet p...

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...ueen, not the Wi-Fi.71… CHAPTER NINER: The un-named 2000’ highpointed Stoney Mountains of Kug/ Coppermine to Churchill that hold the weather in, ... ... out a grizzly), lots of birds,northern lights, sundogs, moondogs, green snow, blue snow, and many northern experiencesunfathomable to southern warmer... ...s, a wolverine, lots of birds, northern lights, sundogs, moondogs, green snow, bluesnow, and many northern experiences unavailable to the southern com... ...wknife exhibits both green and red lights. Watson Lake exhibits both green and bluelights. Sudbury, downwind of Elliot Lake, exhibits green lights, ur... ...uns almost from Coppermine to Churchill, orwhatever their names are now. These mountains are about 2000 feet at the highest. You see, not only isnorth... ...from southern comforts, or southern knowin’. Call mea ‘Chillbilly’, ‘cause the mountains were cold. Reading Chuck Yeager’s life biography while being ... ... of Lake Ennedai area An unusual formation called ‘eskers’ makes small hill ridges along the north shore of thesouthern part of the lake. I say the...

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...1 Curing What Ails You 3 Executive Director’s Message Regular Columns 4 Lola Ridge: Politics of Freedom 5 Tales Beyond the North Pole 6 Military Inventions Gone Mainstream 7 Death & Legacy of Cicero 8 Warming from the Inside: Hot Drinks 9 Punk Rock: The Staying Power of Subversion 10 Boxing:...

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... Regular Columnsinfluenza pandemic, Armstrong et. al. reported an impressive 22- 4 Lola Ridge: Politics offold fall in crude mortality ra... ...the World Library. 3 Lola Ridge: Politics of Freedom ... ... has lodged an hour And passed like flame, Bursting asunder the too small house. (The Lola Ridge. Ghetto and Other Poems, p. 47) ... ...ect the spontaneity and creativity of jazz; the the three nations that founded it, and eventual-blues and country music retain the storytelling ... ...973 K. Dick similarly inspired leftist musicians withwith the intention of bringing country, bluegrass, works including The Variable Man... ...d everywhere the dance fuses elements from the German waltz,dance is seen—in streets or on mountains; in Czech polka, Polish mazurk...

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...Prologue Amberlay stopped the horse and stared back at the mountains. Watching the flashes of light flaring and dying, a testament to the desperate fight taking place filled her with sorrow. Artatan, her love, and Grifwen the dwarf mage were standing alone in the pass, holding ba...

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...t Last ... 373 43 Retreat ... 379 44 Battering Ram ... 387 45 Footnote ... 395 46 Gorn Falls ... 401 47 Justice ... 407 48 As Blue as the Deepest Sea ... 415 49 Trapped ... 421 50 Siege ... 427 51 Trinn ... 451 ...

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......................................................................40748As Blue as the Deepest Sea....................................................... ...51 PrologueAmberlay stopped the horse and stared back at the mountains.Watching the flashes of light flaring and dying, a testament toth... ...side at the end but for the babe kicking wildly in herwomb. The Benteer Mountains of Northern Jarro were bitterlycold even in summer. It was now mi... ...pass. With her head hanging low, she urged the horseonward, away from the mountains, and away from Artatan. Themore she rode, the more the pains retu... ... the main door, resplendent in their Pathfinder dressuniforms of green and blue, snapped to attention as heapproached. Just behind them stood the o... ...dais. Al-Imri stared down at the young girl, her eyes the mostbeautiful blue. Extending his arms to the roof, he called upon thedark god Badur to b... ...rinn stared into the flames again, unconsciously running afinger along the ridge of a small scar on his neck. ‘How are Brascoand Bull?’ Tam sighed.... ...…? Brok…? Ah yes, I remember him! A fine officer.Led the charge at Tremblo Ridge if memory serves.’ ‘That’s correct, sire. You presented his citati...

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...nsity Gathering Get It? The Lesser Selves Cold Snap Wild Life Clear Air What’s Outside Quiet A Soft, Persistent Fall In The Dimness A High Ridge Eternal Revolution Un-met Mind As Shadow Again, Autumn ‘Myself When Young’ Shining Void Safari At Midnight Moth The Recital Now Mortality ‘The Rest Is Literature’ Slow News Exactness Of The Vague Index Of ...

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................................................................... 124A High Ridge......................................................................... ...cceptable terms.Looking down through levelsOf pine-trees to an angleOf one blue lake,And the rim of a second,Stumbling on stone left byAnother century... ... moves in the body,And you linger in my mind.Wind in the pale grasses,Deep blue, cloud, blueHangs swirling, formingAltering in the air.No one understa... ...dWithout seeingNow we see.In the too-late timelessSadness of existence,Our blue world.What use ourFingertip tendernessNow (we few)?This face tippedIn ... ... air.And good of you to come, to trekA hundred miles and sitWith me in the mountains,Two Taoist sages – scarcely.Can we see each other at all, in allT... ...gh surely the finestConstruct of all, what problemTo extend that to golden mountains,Invisible spirits, un-evidenced powers?Prone to consider values r... ...eYour skill,Spontaneous in the dimness,Create form. A High RidgeOn the empty ridge above the far valley,Birch, yew and heather in the ... ...zzard rising, the rooks skimmingOver the sloping meadow on to stone.A high ridge, a steep ridge, dark, eroded,In forty years no change I can see,Gleam...

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...' feet up. I could see the stream a mile or so t' the north, same as the world back home, the other burblin' along t' the east, and t' the south the ridge risin' slowly up, all reddish, till it topped out a hunnerd feet up. A native warrior sat astride a horse up there, silhouetted against the dawn-sky, impossibly stretched out tall, just like the Old One. He held a spe...

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...t months ago, I'd gone out with my rifle, slidin' 'mongst the trees on the ridge east of our fields, hopin'to sight somethin' for the pot, maybe a har... ..., then Vigdis stepped out. I caught my breath. I always did. Cornflower-blue eyes, sparklin' like always at my tongue all tied up, golden hair pull... ...ech and elm, mingled leaves and branches, but not so thick we couldn't see blue andwhite above. O' course, if we could see sky and cloud, enough light... ...ah wove her a way through 'em,and set out t' follow. Boots crunched on the ridged tree bark, bits of it crumblin' away each step. I held onebranch or ... ..., enchanters andbloomers. And the creeks we crossed seemed t' sparkle more blue-silver, the grass and tree leaves t' glow moregreen, and sunlight t' s... ...orld back home, the other burblin' along t' the east, and t' the south the ridge risin' slowly up, all reddish, till ittopped out a hunnerd feet up. ... ...rs are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains—Beautiful! I linger yet in this world, for the ...

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......................... 393 iii Prologue to Ridgelands – Venture In Laboot Ridge, forty miles southwest of Donhome, ... ...d along the coast. I successfully withstood Dad’s influence upon Laboot Ridge for a couple of centuries, but onlybecause we are indispensable to th... ...taff the lusty action in Donhome, have become moreaggressive, scouring the Ridgelands, enticing or abducting adolescent girls and pretty boys from our... ...e compared to its height above the plains below the bluffs. Traversing the mountains will stillbe our most challenging passage. Because of the slow pr... ...rs should be returning any day from scoutingout a route for us through the mountains. . . . . . We are now descending off t... ...raumatic. But we have not been caught by the snows;we beat them across the mountains. Our clans have endured, but we are near the end of our endura... ...ed his comfortable office;many trophies line his walls, and his orange and blue color scheme is unique. As I enter, I am amazedbecause Boris even come... ...replace, but the chairs associated with it are instead placed on asmaller, blue rug facing the left window, where I sit. Heavy iron shutters and glass... ...s extensive experience with ores; reading colors – reddish brown for iron, blue-green for copper, yellow-green for zinc, brassy yellow for nickel; bre...