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Halvard Renn had lit the ninth lantern every evening for nineteen years, and in all that time it had never once refused him. It refused him now. He struck the flint twice, watched the spark die in the oil, and stood a moment in the wet dark of the gantry with his hand still raised.
Below him the estuary went about its business. The tide was two hours from the turn and the mudflats lay open all the way to the channel, glistening, seamed with little rivers that would be gone by midnight.
“It’s the oil,” said Tomas from the ladder, because Tomas was nineteen and had an answer for everything.
“It isn’t the oil.” Halvard crouched, put two fingers into the reservoir and rubbed them together. Clean. Cold. Faintly sweet, the way good whale oil ought to be, with none of the gritty afterfeel that meant a lampwright had been watering his stock.
Not guttered. Not blown. Out, the way a candle goes out when someone pinches it, and the smoke that came off it afterwards went straight up and did not move at all.





FeatherfallIlva Serrano · HardcoverHardcover$24.99Delivery to United States$4.99Total$29.98- Write or importStart in Creator Studio, import a DOCX or PDF, or upload a finished EPUB or print-ready PDF.Creator Studio: writing a chapterThe Ninth LanternSaved6,164 words26 min readManuscriptFileEditInsertFormatPubliAgentT¶BIUST16x2x2“OutlineFRONT MATTERCopyright54 words⋮Dedication25 words⋮Table of contentsAUTOBODY1.Chapter One: The Ninth LanternDone · 575 words⋮2.Chapter Two: Low WaterDone · 588 words⋮3.Chapter Three: What the Warden KeepsDone · 537 words⋮4.Chapter Four: A Debt in CopperDone · 517 words⋮5.Chapter Five: The Salt CollegeRevising · 492 words⋮6.Chapter Six: Letters Not SentRevising · 475 words⋮7.Chapter Seven: The Long BoatsRevising · 543 words⋮8.Chapter Eight: Tide-WardsDraft · 493 words⋮9.Chapter Nine: What Tomas SawDraft · 511 words⋮1Chapter One: The Ninth LanternChapter One: The Ninth Lantern
Halvard Renn had lit the ninth lantern every evening for nineteen years, and in all that time it had never once refused him. It refused him now. He struck the flint twice, watched the spark die in the oil, and stood a moment in the wet dark of the gantry with his hand still raised.
Below him the estuary went about its business. The tide was two hours from the turn and the mudflats lay open all the way to the channel, glistening, seamed with little rivers that would be gone by midnight.
“It’s the oil,” said Tomas from the ladder, because Tomas was nineteen and had an answer for everything.
“It isn’t the oil.” Halvard crouched, put two fingers into the reservoir and rubbed them together. Clean. Cold. Faintly sweet, the way good whale oil ought to be, with none of the gritty afterfeel that meant a lampwright had been watering his stock.
Not guttered. Not blown. Out, the way a candle goes out when someone pinches it, and the smoke that came off it afterwards went straight up and did not move at all.
- Format the interiorChoose from 20 themes and 1,800+ fonts for digital and print.Book formatting: choosing a themeThe TideThe tide was already turning. The sea was still and the gulls were silent. The light was dying in the west and the wind had gentled. The water lay still as a sheet against the wall. The last lantern was lit.Secret LettersThe TideThe tide was already turning. The sea was still and the gulls were silent. The light was dying in the west and the wind had gentled. The water lay still as a sheet against the wall. The last lantern was lit.Locked RoomThe TideThe tide was already turning. The sea was still and the gulls were silent. The light was dying in the west and the wind had gentled. The water lay still as a sheet against the wall. The last lantern was lit.ArchiveThe TideThe tide was already turning. The sea was still and the gulls were silent. The light was dying in the west and the wind had gentled. The water lay still as a sheet against the wall. The last lantern was lit.First Flight
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