The Distant Promise

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Chapter One "NOTICE: All residents of Blackwood are hereby reminded that the municipal water supply is under strict quarantine pending the completion of the cistern repairs. Do not dig. Do not listen." Lester Hutchins read the notice pinned to the door of his father’s workshop, the paper yellowed and stiff with soot, then tore it down and crumpled it in his fist. He was twelve years old, though...

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