
For days the Ouzel Galley lay motionless under a tropical sun, with fever in the cabins and only the yards creaking above the glassy Atlantic. No sign of a breeze yet, Owen? You step into this one-chapter preview with Owen Massey at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. The Ouzel Galley held her course through the fading gale, with a tin case under a pillow and an unknown history in the next cabin. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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