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Book Information:
Genre: Fantasy
Author: Sean Russell
Name: Compass of the Soul
Series: River Into Darkness 2
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Compass of the Soul
River Into Darkness 2
By Sean Russell


Chapter One

She was reborn from the earth, emerging from a dark womb of stone into the ancient light of a new
morning. A shaft of diffuse light lanced through the trees to caress her skin. Warmth…

Let it sink into my very bones, Anna thought, almost certain she would be cold to her center for the rest
of her days.

A bird lighted on a branch not a yard away, regarding her with a darkly glittering eye. “Chuff,” it said,
the single syllable floating up like a bubble of sound.

“Shoo,” she responded. There was something about its bill— blood-red and decurving, like a scimitar.

“Chuff,” it said again, though less surely this time, and took two steps closer, shuffling its red legs along
the branch.

“I am not food for you yet,” she whispered, and managed to wave a hand, driving the bird from its perch.
It settled a few yards away, staring back at her with its head cocked, an eerily intelligent look in its
glittering eye. And then it fell to flight and sped off into the heart of the forest.
Anna closed her eyes. Sleep. She must sleep. Sleep for years, she was sure. And thinking that she drifted
into a nightmare: swept