The Bravest of the Brave

Mayor Richard Anthony caught sixteen-year-old Jack speaking with fourteen-year-old Alice at the garden gate after forbidding further contact. An idle former apprentice does not court awareness from my daughter; another word sends her to Aunt Deborah. You step into this one-chapter preview with Mistress Anthony at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. Across town, an official impressment order waited at the town hall wholly outside your knowledge. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.

Chapters

1. A Berth beyond SouthamptonAnthony house and wharf · 5 min

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