The Distant Crown

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The Distant Crown

Chapter One "ENTRY 44-B: DISCREPANCY IN COTTON LEDGER. AMOUNT: TWO HUNDRED RUPEES. DATE: 14 OCT 1924." The ink was still wet when Vijay Pereira read it, the smell of iron gall sharp in his nose. He sat in the back office of the Calcutta Docking Authority, the air thick with the dry, hot dust of the season. No rain had fallen in forty days. The heat pressed against the single window, a physical...

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