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    In the Shadow of the Volcano
    In the Shadow of the Volcano
    In the Shadow of the Volcano
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    In the Shadow of the Volcano

    By Imogen Howson

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    In the harsh, priest-ruled land of the volcano-god, unsanctioned gifts are punished with death.
    Eleria knows she must give herself up. But her husband doesn't plan on letting her go.

    A short free read in Imogen Howson's Volcano Fire series.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherImogen Howson
    Release dateFeb 13, 2011
    ISBN9781458132031
    In the Shadow of the Volcano
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    Imogen Howson

    Imogen Howson writes science fiction and fantasy for adults and young adults, and is the winner of the 2008 Elizabeth Goudge Award for her romantic fiction. She works as an occasional editor for Samhain Publishing. She lives with her partner and their two teenage daughters near Sherwood Forest in England, where she reads, writes, and drinks too much coffee. Visit her at ImogenHowson.com.

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      In the Shadow of the Volcano - Imogen Howson

      In the Shadow of the Volcano

      Imogen Howson

      Copyright February 2011 Imogen Howson

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      Thank you for downloading this free book. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. If you enjoyed this book, please go to www.imogenhowson.com to discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      A free read set in the world of Heart of the Volcano and Blood of the Volcano. It takes place four years after the events in Heart of the Volcano, and a year before the start of Blood of the Volcano.

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      In the Shadow of the Volcano

      About the Author

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      In the Shadow of the Volcano

      It was not yet dawn when Eleria let herself out of her house and began the cold walk towards her death.

      As late as last night she'd been fighting against it, trying to make herself believe that she need not do this, that just this one time, just for her, the god would show himself merciful. And eventually she had fallen into the darkness of sleep still clinging to the thought that she'd hidden her gift this long, and she could continue to hide it. Her powers weren't dangerous, she wasn't a shifter or a fire-wielder, she wasn't a danger to anyone, what harm would it do to keep quiet, keep hidden, keep safe?

      But when she'd woken, into morning so early it was hardly morning at all, she'd woken sweating and shivering, her choices stark before her.

      She could give herself up to the priests, to the god as a willing sacrifice, let her sin—whatever sin it was that had invited this demon-borne power into her body—be burnt away, walk clean into the afterlife.

      Or she could run. Leave the walled city that was the only world she'd ever known, flee out across the desert, hoping that somehow, somewhere, she'd find sanctuary. But others had tried that. Eleria had

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