Mariah of the Strait
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Last published Tue, Mar 26, 2019
Mariah has been marooned on the shores of an ocean town for years. Forsaken by the people and living in a small hut at the edge of a strait, she seeks out her homeland in the midst of a war-ravaged world, where the technologies of old have taken on a mythos all their own. Taking advice from a stranger she meets on the shore, she sets out to reclaim her past by following the songs of her mother. But it's been decades since she set foot in the forests, streams, and highlands of the mountain ranges she calls home. She wonders if anyone will even know her when she gets there, and if they do, will she even know them?
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