"I had never seen a Russian before, but my father had told me about them and I wondered, seeing the way he stood with his feet set apart and his fists on his hips and looked at the little harbor as though it already belonged to him, if he were one of those men from the north whom our people feared. I was certain of it when the boat slid in to the shore and he jumped out, shouting as he did so." Chapter 1, pg. 5
"We ate the rest of the white bass that night and there was much rejoicing, but little did we know, as we ate and sang and the older men told stories around the fire, that our good fortune would soon bring trouble to Ghalas-at." Chapter 2, pg. 14
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