The Pale Banner
Chapter One "Entry 402: Tally stick notched to the hilt. Value: 12 silver marks. Debtor: K. Vartan. Status: Unpaid." The ink on the ledger was still wet, smelling of iron and gall, a sharp tang that cut through the heavier, rancid odor of the smokehouse where the bronze-casting clan stored its secrets. Nikola Harutyunyan, thirty-four and stiff from the cold, pressed his thumb against the page,...
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