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    The Dispersal Part III: Black Cloaks and Burning City
    The Dispersal Part III: Black Cloaks and Burning City
    The Dispersal Part III: Black Cloaks and Burning City
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    The Dispersal Part III: Black Cloaks and Burning City

    By Greg M. Hall

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    Toval has defied his oath to save a conquered princess from a fellow soldier's assault. The two of them have managed to flee, but with the dreaded Black Cloaks on their trail, their chances of getting very far are slim. With the odds this stacked against them, it would be absolute insanity for them to attempt to rescue her father from an Imperial garrison.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGreg M. Hall
    Release dateAug 15, 2018
    ISBN9780463062883
    The Dispersal Part III: Black Cloaks and Burning City
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    Greg M. Hall

    Greg M. Hall has over a dozen stories and two novels online and in print. Though no single genre can contain him, he's got a soft spot in his heart for Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy with dark elements. After living on Maui and in Southern California, he got sick of the mild weather and moved home to eastern Nebraska, where he lives with his wife, a bunch of kids, and second pet tortoise--the first one ran away.

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      The Dispersal Part III - Greg M. Hall

      THE DISPERSAL

      Part 3

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2018 by Greg M. Hall

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      Smashwords Edition License Notes: Share this story as you wish, but if you use the characters or settings for your own work, please give me proper credit.

      This is a work of fiction. All characters, places, and events portrayed in this novel are products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to persons living or dead, locales, or events is entirely coincidental.

      Cover Photo by Joshua Fuller on Unsplash

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      In Part I, Imperial soldier Toval takes part in resettling citizens of Narixa, who dared to rebel against the Emperor’s authority. In the group of repatriated citizens are members of the Narixan royal family, including Indrah, a haughty princess that captures Toval’s attention. When he overhears a midnight scuffle and discovers one of his comrades attempting an assault on the princess, he loses his temper and kills the man.

      As they run through the woods in Part II, Toval explains to Indrah what they’re fleeing from: the dreaded Black Cloaks. Criminals repurposed by the Empire to carry out the most distasteful tasks, the Black Cloaks have traded humanity for freedom and a license to do anything they see fit to accomplish their mission. To make matters worse, Indrah has convinced him to help free her father from a slow execution at the hands of the Empire.

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      Indrah might not know it, but someone was going to kill them.

      Toval knew this, as certain as he could judge whether a circle of matted grass had been made by a deer or an

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