The Faded Quadrant

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The rain hammered the tin roof of the outpost, a rhythmic, deafening drumbeat that masked the sound of your own breathing. You sat in the dark, the brass compass in your hand warm against your palm, its needle spinning with a lazy, hypnotic grace that had nothing to do with magnetic north. It pointed instead toward the door, toward the lie waiting outside. You were Elias Thorne, forty-two years...

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