
Six months after your coast-guard father died, you found your mother crying over the answer to her appeal for your future. My uncle has secured you a writership with the East India Company, and they may send you out within a fortnight. You step into this one-chapter preview with Joshua Tufton at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. The door began to open on the family surprise Joshua had arranged for the next chapter. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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