The Distant Promise

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The air in the sub-basement of the Vane Textile Mill in 1904 did not merely smell of coal dust and damp rot; it tasted of iron and old fear, a metallic tang that coated the back of Elias Thorne’s throat and settled deep in his rattling lungs, a constant reminder that his body was a machine slowly grinding itself to dust while the world above churned on with indifferent, mechanical precision....

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