Ember

Contents

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Abou
t
t
he
Au
t
ho
r

Prologue

T
o
bring
th
e
dead
to
lif
e
is
no
gr
ea
t
ma
gic
.

Few
a
r
e
who
ll
y
dead:
B
lo
w
on
a
dead
ma
n’s
em
b
e
rs
a
nd
a
liv
e
fl
ame
w
ill
st
a
rt

—R
ob
e
rt
G
r
a
v
e
s

“
T
his
is
th
e
story
of
a
b
ea
st
,
so
gr
ea
t
a
nd
f
ea
rso
me
th
a
t
h
e
wa
s
r
e
vil
e
d
by
a
ll
.
And
of
a
me
rch
a
nt’s
d
a
ught
e
r
,
br
a
v
e
a
nd
b
ea
utiful
,
whos
e
lov
e
for
th
e
b
ea
st
r
e
d
eeme
d
his
soul
.
”

“
Bor
-
ing
,
”
pip
e
d
a
girlish
voic
e
through
th
e
gloo
m.

A
t
t
h
i
s
r
a
t
he
r
r
ude
i
n
t
e
rr
up
ti
on,
t
he
boy
who
’
d
been
speak
i
ng
g
l
a
r
ed
down
at
t
he
girl
l
y
i
ng
by
h
i
s
si
de
on
t
he
sab
l
e
r
ug.
H
i
dden
be
t
ween
g
i
an
t
bund
l
es
of
co
tt
on
and
woo
l
,
s
t
o
r
ed
away
i
n
t
he
mass
i
ve
wa
r
ehouse
un
til
Tuesday
’
s
sh
i
pmen
t
,
one
m
i
gh
t
ove
rl
ook
t
he
sma
ll
pa
ir
.
They
we
r
e
good
ch
il
d
r
en,
fr
om
good
homes,
who
li
ked
t
o
t
h
i
nk
t
hemse
l
ves
o
r
phans
i
n
a
c
r
ue
l
l
and
or
cas
t
aways
l
os
t
at
sea.
Any
t
h
i
ng
t
ha
t
gave
a
sense
of
adven
t
u
r
e
t
o
t
he
wo
rl
d.

A
l
r
ead
y
,
t
h
ey
h
ad
p
l
a
y
ed
p
i
r
a
t
es
aga
i
n
s
t
t
h
e
N
a
v
y
,
w
h
i
c
h
h
e
w
on
f
a
ir
a
nd
squ
a
r
e
A
d
m
ir
a
l
Ne
lson
a
lw
a
ys
b
e
st
e
d
Ann
e
Bonny
–
th
e
n
succ
e
ssfully
d
e
f
e
nd
e
d
th
e
ir
fort
a
g
a
inst
r
am
p
a
ging
r
e
d
me
n
in
th
e
Ame
ric
a
n
We
st
.
Ne
xt
c
ame
story
ti
me.

“
Bo
ri
ng?
”
The
boy
’
s
snub
nose
w
ri
nk
l
ed.
A
ges
t
u
r
e
t
ha
t
,
he
wou
l
d
no
t
be
p
l
eased
t
o
know,
made
h
i
m
appear
y
o
un
ger
a
n
d
n
ot
at
a
l
l
d
i
s
t
i
n
g
u
i
s
h
ed.
“
Y
ou
o
u
g
h
t
t
o
l
i
s
t
en
we
ll
,
”
he
adv
i
sed
s
t
e
r
n
l
y.
“
As
a
me
r
chan
t’
s
daugh
t
e
r
,
t
he
deeds
of
o
t
he
r
me
r
chan
t
s
’
daugh
t
e
r
s
ough
t
t
o
be
g
i
ven
due
r
espec
t
–
”