The Distant Crown

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The Distant Crown

Chapter One Hira Khan had thirty-two years of life and four months of tenure, and the weight of the iron box on his desk felt heavier than both combined. The county assessor’s office in the Punjab village sat low against the canal banks, the air thick with the damp rot of rice paddies that stepped down like an argument no one wanted to finish. Outside, the market’s tarp flapped in the wind, a...

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