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Hawk & Fisher by Simon R.
Green
Some things can never be forgiven.




Chapter One
A HIDDEN DARKNESS
Haven is a dark city.

The narrow streets huddled together, the plain stone and timber buildings leaning
on each other for support. Out-leaning upper storeys bowed to each other like
tired old men, shutting out the light, but even in the shadows there was little relief
from the midsummer heat. The glaring sun scorched down on the sprawling city,
driving all moisture from the air. The streets were parched and dusty and thick
with buzzing flies. Being a seaport, Haven usually got all the rain it wanted, and
then some, but not in midsummer. The long days wore on, and the baking heat
made them a misery of sweat and thirst and endless fatigue. The days were too
hot to work and the nights too hot to sleep. Tempers grew short and frayed, but it
was too hot to brawl. Birds hung on the sky like drifting shadows, but there was

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never a trace of a cloud or a breeze. Haven at midsummer was a breeding ground
for trouble. The heat stirred men's minds and brought forth hidden evils.
Everyone watched the skies and prayed for rain, and still the long dry summer
dragged on.

Hawk and Fisher, Captains in the city Guard, strolled unhurriedly down Chandler
Lane, deep in the rotten heart of the Northside. It was too hot to hurry. The grimy,
overshadowed lane was a little cooler than most, which meant the heat was only
mildly unbearable. Flies hovered over piles of garbage and swarmed around the
open sewers. The squat and ugly buildings were black with soot from the nearby
tannery, and the muggy air smelt strongly of smoke and tannin.