No Surrender!

Netherstock stood between sea and harbour, where your family knew channels, tides, and secluded inlets better than any revenue patrol. Smuggling has nearly vanished from my station; the French lugger Henriette is a fair trader that welcomes inspection by daylight. You step into this one-chapter preview with Patsey Stansfield at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. The family remained beneath a gathering political storm whose reach no one could yet measure. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.

Chapters

1. Across the Water to NantesPoole Harbour and Nantes · 6 min

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