The Pale Altar

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The Pale Altar

The border post smelled of wet wool and cold iron. Andres Iturbe, thirty-two, a man whose hands were always cracked from the winter wind, stood by the gate as the snow melted into the coal cellars. He wanted the promotion, the desk with the heat, and he knew the only way to get it was to catch a smuggler before his shift ended. The suspect was Mateo, his oldest friend, who was carrying a crate...

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