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Excerpt scattergun!
The warm red behind his eyes glowed again; he opened his dry eyelids, his vision cleared. He shut his eyes, listening for the heartbeat that had led him this far. He could not hear it. Nothing. Or perhaps it was being drowned out by the thunder of the rainfall on the dark water. It streamed down. In minutes he was trembling. He opened his eyes, and looked in consternation at his blue fingernails. He breathed on them, clasped his hands under his arms. That made his skin sore. Between him and the fortress there was ocean. The high ground above the mad water stretched forward, twisting slowly. There seemed to be nothing to do but walk.
- excerpt from Chapter Two of Sapphire Hunting by J SenGupta
People do not really sneer at other people, James found. But there is a sort of non-acknowledgement, a way of looking over people. The first reason James remembered that day was that this time there had been a surprisingly direct look from Ablunson as he coasted by. On that one occasion they had met each others glances; James thought he saw a faint nod. He almost smiled back, but the moment passed quickly. James heard G. Ablunson get back to his conversation with a gesture towards James. Hard-working type who will probably obtain a tolerable pass, were the words that James caught.
- excerpt from Chapter Four of Sapphire Hunting by J SenGupta
James could not back away from the Dark Man. The man revolved, and his body clarified, more solid now than smoke. With deep eye-sockets turned to James he hung in that same spot, behind the black iron post. Black on black. Still, inanimate. Not a man. A horrible thing. Quite, quite still. James held his breath.
- excerpt from Chapter Six of Sapphire Hunting by J SenGupta