{"product_id":"warder-catherine-miller-9798363849763","title":"Warder","description":"Wife.\u003cbr\u003eDaughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarder.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere was a shift in the mountain. Where once creatures would ascend to the peak for the winter, now they hunted. With venom and claw, warders fell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOthers of her kind had settled. Wives, mothers, they flourished in their freedoms. While Gwynn struggled with the worry, the strain that came from lonely nights without news of her husband's wellbeing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bargain. An entreaty. To train as a companion when the missions grew longer. To no longer be left behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd if she should find some remnant of her kind, a hint of their history, then was that so very wrong? Of a people that were not merely slaves, but explorers. Whose ships traversed the stars themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe would be like them. Would see the world long denied to her, her husband by her side. Because the mountain was theirs.\u003cbr\u003eWasn't it?\u003cbr\u003e-x-\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe tried to open his eyes to look at his hands.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Failed.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDidn't matter anyway, as there was yet more cloth covering his eyes. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eA waste. He was dead anyway. A corpse that still had the misfortune of drawing in breath. Of possessing a heart that still beat.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe drew in a ragged breath. It should have hurt. But it must have been another potion. The one pulling him toward the dark. Promised rest and healing if he would succumb.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e There was no healing from this. No mending.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Honeyed words from those who had never burned.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e He opened his mouth.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA cry. A scream.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Yet he made no sound.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Couldn't. Not to tell. Not to warn. Of what had come to their mountain.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e What he'd seen.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Before...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWell. Before.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798363849763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.85d","brand":"Catherine Miller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49167482454271,"sku":"9798363849763","price":15.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/warder-catherine-miller-9798363849763","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}