Nine Hibiscus didn’t need to watch the cartograph again to remember how the displayed planet-points had winked first distress-red and then out-of-communication black, vanishing like they were being swallowed by a tide. Without its pinpoint stargleams and Fleet-movement arcs inscribed in light, the strategy table on the bridge of Weight for the Wheel was a flat black expanse, dull-matte, as impatient as its captain for new information. NINE Hibiscus watched the cartograph cycle through its last week of recorded developments for a third time, and then switched it off. the private notes of Her Brilliance the Emperor Nineteen Adze, undated, locked, and encrypted Your Brilliance, you have left me with all the world, and yet I am bereft I’d take your star-cursed possessing ghost, Six Direction, if only he would teach me how not to sleep. priority message deployed on diplomatic, commercial, and universal frequencies in the Bardzravand Sector, 52nd day, 1st year, in the 1st indiction of the Emperor of All Teixcalaan Nineteen Adze … INTERDICT SUSPENDED-for a duration of four months, extensible by Council order, the interdict regarding Teixcalaanli military transport through Stationer space is suspended all ships bearing Teixcalaanli military callsign are permitted to pass through the Anhamemat Gate-this suspension does not authorize Teixcalaanli ships, military or otherwise, to dock at Lsel Station without prior visas, approvals, and customs clearances-SUSPENSION AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNCILOR FOR THE MINERS (DARJ TARATS)-message repeats …
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At times, there were also moments when I felt a tear prick at the corner of my eye and my heartstrings were being pulled. When I first read this book, late 2017, I was constantly on the edge of my seat, my heart pounding with anticipation and adrenaline, eager to find out what was going to happen next. These are the words that you soon will come to worship when reading the wonderful debut novel by Australian author Lynette Noni. “For anyone brave enough to believe in the impossible. A library patron - I deplore this tendency but must give the lady or gentleman credit for perceptivity– has scribbled on the cover, “Not good.” Not one of Travers’ better cases, more a thriller than a detective novel. Who was Rook? Why did he give the musical manuscript to Travers? What did the manuscript mean, particularly since it is not the piece Rook played for Travers? 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