The Golden Compass

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The transfer request lay on the mahogany desk, the paper yellowed by the humidity of the cellar, the ink smudged where Elias Thorne’s thumb had pressed the seal. It was a simple form, three lines of text requesting a reassignment to the coastal garrison at Dover, citing health reasons that were, in the language of the army, non-existent. Thorne watched Colonel Halloway pick up the document with...

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