Soldier of Fortune (2nd ed)
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Other differences include longer days, and more months in the calendar year. In addition, there has been a fusion of words, phrases, or sayings from a multitude of Earth cultures.
In short, Fortune is not Earth, and language on Fortune has evolved to reflect this.
Thus, rather than a single sunrise, we have the sunsrise. Instead of a soldier watching her six, she’d be watching her seven (twenty-eight hour days!), and instead of a full house in cards, you could be dealt a full hive.
Crystal, and all things bee-related, are focal, and there are creatures from many different terrestrial evolutionary eras wandering the planet, along with a few—like the dracos—never seen on Earth.
For more on the creation of Fortune, its language, and characters, visit http://kathleen-mcclure.com/extra-features/
Thanks again for reading, and I hope you continue to visit Fortune and its denizens in future stories.
Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
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Acknowledgments
About the Author
A Note on The Language of Fortune