As the Guy Fawkes celebration begins to fizzle out, the river is at its highest level. Rain earlier had caused the streams and trickles on the mountainside to pour into the South Tyne River. Now the Deep River seemed an impenetrable barrier for all except the flyers—if they could even navigate the soaked fields and paths to the crossing point.
But that was just one of the things standing in their way. If they even got underway toward the river, their weakening state would surely pose the biggest threat: going worldly-wise™.
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The Illustrator’s Vision—The maps and illustrations of Peckles-Wood Shire are inspired by the real landscapes, places, and traditions of Victorian Northumberland. Created for The Chronicles of Peckles-Wood Shire, they blend historical research with imagination to bring the world of Broken Sanctuary to life and invite young explorers to step into the Whitaker family’s adventure of 1885.
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