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    Taming the Weald
    Taming the Weald
    Taming the Weald
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    Taming the Weald

    By Lindsey Duncan

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    Timid Keryn wants nothing more than to be a mother. Within the Weald–the last bastion of nature on the space station that serves as her home–she encounters Verdant, a daughter of that forest who has somehow survived without parents or community. Keryn tries to prepare the girl for life in the station, but Verdant has strengths and secrets of her own.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC
    Release dateOct 5, 2010
    ISBN9781452430256
    Taming the Weald
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    Lindsey Duncan

    LINDSEY DUNCAN is a life-long writer and professional Celtic harp performer, with short fiction and poetry in numerous speculative fiction publications. She feels that music and language are inextricably linked. She lives, performs and teaches harp in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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