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The Nature of the Wound by etymologyplayground
Fandoms: Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian
17 Aug 2026
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There must have been another way; of course there were other ways. But there had been the bearskin. And there had been a venomous, humiliated anger in Stephen. And so there had been three hundred miles of punishment.
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They are some months in Catalunya.
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- Part 1 of Cross Purposes
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23 Jan 2026
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Edward Little returns from the War.
Thomas has been waiting for him.
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15 May 2025
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Fresh vines of shame shoot from hardened stems at the thought and coil around Francis' ribs. Nearly everything he could have asked for then and more: James alive, alongside the majority their men, rescued, with a home of their own and a small garden besides as spring makes inroads into a winter too mild to turn even the Channel’s feeble puddles into ice.
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12 May 2025
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Captain Parry’s third Arctic expedition takes a year longer to prepare than planned. It leaves in 1825 with ship’s boy James Fitzjames aboard HMS Hecla. Master's Mate Francis Crozier takes him under his wing.
This changes everything.
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16 Apr 2025
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Nikolai and Kirill's relationship grows more complicated, the secrets they keep become heavier, and Russia casts a long shadow.
Vignettes from broken lives.
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03 Apr 2025