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    The Mercy We Make
    The Mercy We Make
    The Mercy We Make
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    The Mercy We Make

    By Michael S. Miller

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    An ancient mountain fastness. Within, untold arcane power, and unyielding deathless guardians. Can Oshala the Hex escape where multitudes have fallen? Will her mission of mercy end in triumph, or eons of unending torment?

    This is a short story in the sword-and-sorcery genre.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael S. Miller
    Release dateAug 8, 2016
    ISBN9781370985708
    The Mercy We Make
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    Michael S. Miller

    Michael S. Miller has played with stories all his life. As a game designer, he has published the superhero role-playing game With Great Power. As a writer, he pens the sword-and-sorcery tales of Oshala the Hex. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, three cats, and far more books, comics, games, and movies than his grandchildren will possibly want to inherit.

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      The Mercy We Make - Michael S. Miller

      The Mercy We Make

      A tale of Oshala the Hex

      Michael S. Miller

      Smashwords Edition

      Incarnadine Press • Pennsylvania

      Copyright © 2016 by Michael S. Miller

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      The Mercy We Make

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      The Mercy We Make

      The sun had set seven times since Oshala—called the Hex—had last laid eyes on another human face. Her journey through the rocky badlands and up the steep mountain had left its marks on her scuffed boots, her aching joints, and her nearly-empty waterskin. But now, as the eighth sunset turned the sky to flame behind her, the blood-drenched light showed her a shadowed passage in the mountainside: the entrance into the ancient mountain fastness she sought.

      Oshala bent to examine the stonework, running her left

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