The Golden Compass

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The brass compass in Elias Thorne’s pocket had spun for six hours, ticking against his thigh with the rhythmic, frantic pulse of a trapped bird. It was not pointing north. It was pointing down, toward the cellar floor, where the damp air rose through the cracks in the linoleum and smelled of wet wool and old iron. Elias stood in the hallway of Blackwood Manor, his ledger open in his left hand,...

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