by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 2, 2020 | 1632Snippet, Snippets
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 32 Hugh shook his head. “But I cannot stand to gain by that blood, either, Hyarima. How may I invite my people to live in this place, knowing the houses in which they dwell, the fields in which they work, were made...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 30, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 29 # In a grove of trees on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Nathaniel settled into a cross-legged sitting position and pulled his drum into his lap. Margaret gripped a low-hanging dead limb of one of the elm trees and yanked it off....
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 30, 2020 | 1632Snippet, Snippets
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 31 Chapter 17 Just outside San José de Oruña, Trinidad “I am O’Donnell,” replied Hugh, “and I do speak Spanish, as does my second-in-command, Aodh O’Rourke. We thank you for honoring us...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 28, 2020 | 1632Snippet, Snippets
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 30 Again, O’Rourke nodded. “Aye, you’ve the right of all that.” His voice became dark and regretful. “But those past days of Ireland are not these days. And kings now must tread a different,...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 28, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 28 “Will his taste ever turn to the flesh of men?” Chapter Six “Tell me who you are,” Maltres Korinn said to the second Zoman. He sat in his office, facing Gazelem Zomas across his desk. At Gazelem’s side...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 25, 2020 | 1632Snippet, Snippets
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 29 Chapter 16 Just outside San José de Oruña, Trinidad So far, everything had gone as the three of them had planned. Which many men might have found reassuring, but over the course of his life, Hugh O’Donnell had...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 25, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 27 “I want roots again,” Bill said. “I want them to be with you. And Sarah gave me . . . gave us this house. I shall have to build, but for you I will build, even if it means building a mound. For you, I will build a...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 23, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 26 “Did I plant this Ashtar?” Nothing. “Did this Ashtar grow here because of some deed of mine? Was this Ashtar caused to grow by some object I once owned? Did a spell of mine cause this Ashtar to grow?”...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 23, 2020 | 1632Snippet, Snippets
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 28 Chapter 15 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad Morning started for Hugh O’Donnell with the face of his aide and old friend Aodh O’Rourke scowling down at him. “A fine example to your men, sleeping away half the...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 21, 2020 | 1632Snippet, Snippets
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 27 Chapter 14 Nezpique Bayou, Louisianna After motoring two and a half miles along the winding Nezpique Bayou, Templeton pointed up through a gap in the canopy. “There. Smoke. Up ahead.” “Smoke?”...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 21, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 25 The strange child-man body that carried the Lord Protector within it looked frail and short, but the voice that came out was an aural attack. Thou shalt not require thy sword, my son. I have a wedding gift for thee. Thomas nodded,...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 18, 2020 | 1632Snippet, Snippets
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 26 In hindsight, he might have been able to make it out of Galveston Bay under sail alone, but in the event that the wind became fickle at just the moment she was running a gauntlet between two close sandbars, Haraldsen...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 18, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 24 The warden frowned. “You’ve come to free them all?” Then realization spread across his face like a sudden dawn. “No. Those you don’t free, you will hang.” Yaas. As a first step. Ezekiel...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 16, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 23 “I cannot decide if you are the empire’s best bootlicker, or its worst.” Chapter Five “Virgo rises in the spring, yes,” Temple Franklin said. “But Virgo rises every spring. Surely, with the...
by Drak Bibliophile | Sep 16, 2020 | 1632Snippet, Snippets
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 25 Larry’s definitive reply was two-fold. Firstly, contacting the indigenous people was a crucial part of the mission because Grantville had made its cooperation with oil extraction contingent upon recognizing the...
