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    Shadows' Door
    Shadows' Door
    Shadows' Door
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    Shadows' Door

    By Leah Cutter

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    Hans can never do anything right. He's a disappointment to his father, his employer, even the hound clan. 

    But Hans' Grandpapa was a brilliant Apotheker. His old books contain many potions. 

    Maybe Hans can find just the right one...Or maybe he makes a serious mistake, one that affects the lives of all hounds, now and in future generations.


    Read the first novel in The Shadow Trilogy, "The Raven and the Dancing Tiger." 

    This story is part of the second novel in The Shadow Wars Trilogy, "The Guardian Hound." 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKnotted Road Press
    Release dateSep 20, 2015
    ISBN9781516322886
    Shadows' Door
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    Leah Cutter

    Leah Cutter--a Crawford Award Finalist--writes page-turning fiction in exotic locations, such as New Orleans, ancient China, the Oregon coast, ancient Japan, rual Kentucky, Seattle, Minneapolis, Budapest, etc.  Find more fiction by Leah Cutter at www.KnottedRoadPress.com. Follow her blog at www.LeahCutter.com.

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      Shadows' Door - Leah Cutter

      Shadows’ Door

      Leah Cutter

      Copyright © 2015 Leah Cutter

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      Published 2015 by Knotted Road Press

      www.KnottedRoadPress.com

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      Shadows’ Door

      Germany, 1940s

      Hans reached for the falling beaker, but it was too late.

      Silence filled the lab after the sound of shattered glass, all the scientists at their stations standing perfectly still.

      Just a harmless solvent, Hans called out. No acid to eat through the pristine white countertop, no noxious gas to make them all flee.

      However, the scent of the bitter chemicals overwhelmed his sense of smell: He wouldn’t be able to scent or track anything for the rest of the day. Luckily, despite being a member of the hound clan, he didn’t need to. They lived in a city now, not the country, and he didn’t live by his nose, not like Grandpapa had.

      Hansel Von DeWhite! shouted Master Koenig, striding from the front of the lab to the back corner where Hans had his equipment set up. What were you thinking? You weren’t, of course, Master Koenig blustered on. You must be more careful.

      It was just a solvent, Hans said weakly as he gingerly lifted away the pieces of broken glass, putting them into

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