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Soldier of Fortune (2nd ed)

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by Kathleen McClure


  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

  Outrageous Fortune

  Special Offer

  Also by Kathleen McClure

  Acknowledgments

  About the Author

  A Note on The Language of Fortune

 

 

 


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