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February 28, 2007

1634: THE BALTIC WAR — snippet 63

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Chapter 22

 

 

            Welch’s hand was already coming away from his neck with the dirk in it before Anthony even got to the “Paddy.” He’d been following the logic—and that wasn’t actually a dirk, it was a throwing knife. It struck one of the soldiers squarely in the throat, sinking almost to the hilt.

 

            Richard slammed into the legs of Doncaster, spilling him.

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February 26, 2007

1634: THE BALTIC WAR — snippet 62

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            “Yes, it’s true. A terrible accident on Tyburn Hill Road. My companions and I happened upon the scene shortly afterward. His Majesty is badly injured and I’m afraid the queen is dead. The children are fine, fortunately, since their carriage was not involved. Where’s Strafford?”

 

            Babbled explanations came.

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February 23, 2007

1634: THE BALTIC WAR — snippet 61

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Chapter 21

 

London, England

 

 

            “Sorry, fellows,” said Captain Anthony Leebrick. His hands clasped behind his back, he was looking out the window in a room on the second floor of the Earl of Cork’s mansion. There was nothing much to see beyond an occasional pedestrian on Pall Mall, slipping and sliding as they made their way. Here in Westminster, it had been a slushy snowfall rather than a sleet. The precipitation had stopped for the moment, although it looked as if it might resume at any moment. Even without precipitation, it was still a very gray day, between the heavy overcast and the approaching sunset.

 

            “I should have known better,” he added.

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February 21, 2007

1634: THE BALTIC WAR — snippet 60

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            Anne took Adam by the arm again and resumed walking. “But what will you do? Adam, I really don’t like the idea of you leaving for long stretches on diplomatic missions.”

 

            He grimaced. “Neither do I. But I probably won’t have any choice, dearest.”

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February 19, 2007

1634: THE BALTIC WAR — snippet 59

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Chapter 20

 

Amsterdam, Holland

 

February, 1634

 

 

            “He was only here for a few days, woman,” Gretchen Richter said accusingly. “Less than a week!”

 

            Rebecca Abrabanel looked serene.

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February 16, 2007

1634: THE BALTIC WAR — snippet 58

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            But, to his astonishment, Richard Boyne was both friendly and considerate.

 

            “Yes, yes, Captain—Leebrick, is it?—I understand completely,” said Boyne, waving down Anthony’s attempt at an explanation. The earl jabbed a thumb at his two companions. Anthony recognized them also, although he couldn’t say he really knew either of them. Sir Paul Pindar and Endymion Porter, both prominent figures in court. In his few encounters with the men, he’d found Porter to be something of a aloof non-entity but Pindar to be a civil enough fellow. Perhaps that was because Pindar’s influence was due to the wealth he’d amassed as a major figure in the Levant Company and a moneylender to the crown, rather than pure and simple favoritism from the high and mighty.

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February 14, 2007

1634: THE BALTIC WAR — snippet 57

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            While the skirmisher lowered himself into the interior, Anthony shifted himself a bit and began carefully removing the items that covered the king’s body.

 

            “Where’s my wife?” Charles asked. He seemed more puzzled than anything else.

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February 12, 2007

1634: THE BALTIC WAR — snippet 56

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Chapter 19

 

 

            Coming around the bend, Leebrick saw one of the coachmen lying on the side of the road, holding his head in both hands. Thrown off, apparently. Or perhaps he’d simply jumped, figuring he could claim he was thrown. Under the circumstances, Anthony couldn’t blame the man.

 

            There was another bend, perhaps seventy yards farther. To Leebrick’s dismay, it looked to be a much sharper one. That matched his memory, also.

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February 11, 2007

1634:TBW eARC released

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1634: The Baltic War eARC has been released. It can be found here.

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February 10, 2007

KeyCon

Filed under: Appearances — webmaster @ 2:35 am
May 16, 2008toMay 18, 2008

Eric is the Writer Guest of Honor at KeyCon in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

KeyCon official website

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