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Soldiers on a ridge above the Korwal orchard at night
The Second Voice · Book 1

The Second Voice · Prologue

The ridge above Korwal

“When they come,” Wasim said, “we should kill all of them. Both aircraft. Everyone.”

“No.”

Read aloud · 1:43

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A boy watches two soldiers fold a flag at a frosted cemetery at sunrise
The Second Voice · Book 1

The Second Voice · Chapter One

The flag

The first time Daniel Michael Reade saw a flag folded, he thought it looked sharp enough to cut.

Read aloud · 1:48

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Hands laying out photographs on a green cloth in a snowed-in bazaar tea room
Same Valley · Book 2

Same Valley · Prologue

The photograph

“He had a son,” he said.

He should not have said it. He knew it while he was saying it, and he did not afterward understand why he had, except that nobody had asked him in eleven years.

Read aloud · 1:40

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Two soldiers on a rocky stream bed at dusk, one helping the other up
Same Valley · Book 2

Same Valley · Prologue

The stream bed

He was thinking about the stream bed. He had not let himself do that in a long time.

Read aloud · 1:31

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Pattern Drift · Chapter One

The left seat

Daniel sat motionless in the left seat, checklist balanced on his knee, just above the zipped pouch where the wings stayed.

He hadn't touched them in weeks. Didn't need to. Not unless something went wrong.

Hangar Three, Prescott · 0538 local

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