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Day 3: Book Snippets

Two book snippets today. Both first lines of Mapmaker--Book 1 and The Legend of Damndrake (not the prologue).

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Book Snippet for The Legend of Damndrake with store icons and a picture of the book in the background. "Like begging dogs, a drift of humans gathered on the hot roadside, waiting to petition the castle's steward. Where any moment, he’d emerge from the servant’s door to announce the day’s labor needs.

Blaze and I stood a short distance away. Two dragons in human-form; we shouldn’t have been there, but if I wanted a job—this was my chance.

The humans shot sidelong glances, probably already guessing what we were, but they left us undisturbed. To distract myself from the petitioners’ furtive glimpses, I concentrated on the cowbirds harrying a nearby lemon tree with their enthusiastic insect foraging."

Book Snippet for Mapmaker--Book 1 with store icons and a picture of the book in the background. "Like the sputtering breath of the gods, strong winds battered Aleeya, catching at her bound wings and threatening to send her into the sea.

An ill omen, the windstorm pummeled the docks of the City of Ka’ai’s First Fjord. The strong gusts forced wingmen out of the sky, though it didn’t lessen the activity on the piers and boardwalk servicing the unending ships that reached the western shores of Helacon. The white gulls’ raucous calling competed with shouted orders. And the strong briny scent of the sea reminded Aleeya she was far from the stately halls of the senate or the quiet library of the temple."

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