Tina Anderson
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The late morning sun burned away last night’s rain, turning the streets into a sauna. Despite the sticky air, both wore dungarees and white cotton shirts. Samil’s masculine visage and airy voice blended like sugar and water, and his thin goatee turned black in the shade of an occasional awning. “When did you get to NYC?” “The day before you hired me,” said Andrew. “Where you living?” “I got a room at St. Marks,” he noted his concern. “What?” “I heard that place…-
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Another two days passed before Andrew willed himself out of bed. He needed a haircut but would wait for the golden waves feathering his ears to take over his neck before finding some scissors. He pulled on his audition attire, a white button-down shirt with short sleeves and black dockers. Violin case in hand, he stepped out of the room, determined to do something that didn’t involve closing his eyes and forgetting the world outside. The subway car proved a cool respite from the heat. Across…
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The term historic hotel in the year of our lord Nineteen Ninety-Three clearly meant cracked paint and a spartan collection of Salvation Army furnishings. A twin mattress with a matching boxspring sat on a slightly larger wood frame, its sheets clean enough until he noticed stains on the pillowcases. The only window hid behind thick, dark blue panel curtains with an AC unit stuffed into its narrow bottom pocket. Someone had broken a portion of the unit’s hard plastic knob and jammed a pencil into its…
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It’s hard waking up when you’re hurt. Birds rattled over the whirl of passing cars, and the air stank of tilled corn and car exhaust. Cold grass tickled his bare feet, and while socks and clean underwear would make the moment tolerable, acquiring them meant popping open the Rabbit’s hatch. Andrew swallowed hard and willed his stomach to settle. Eyes trained on the trees, he opened the driver’s side door and let his memory find the steering wheel. Just a hand away was the hatchback…
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The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the writer. Lost Along the Way copyright © 2012 Tina KolesnikZagubiony Po Drodze copyright © 2014 Tina KolesnikSonata 9 copyright © 2022 Tina Anderson Cover Arts by C. Monaco All rights reserved. Per the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this digital edition without permission from the author…
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Áedán the AncaliteAge 22 | He/Him | Brythonic Celt At the start of the series, Aedan is a novice druid and abortionist from ‘Small Island.’ After the Roman's invade Britannia a second time, he inherits his father's position as 'The Owl' among the druids and proves himself a shrew tactician among the warriors. He's known for seeking only male lovers, many of whom barely tolerate his desire for fight…-
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Gaius Planus CaesarAge 29 | He/Him | Roman Planus is a decurio in the Legio X Equestri, an engineer and scribe born of the Julii in Rome but raised in Comum (modern day Como). He is a childhood friend of Skipio. A man lover like Skipio, he is in love with a Gaul named Welletrix. Crassus Titus FlaviusAge 30 | He/Him | Roman Titus is a decurio in the Legio X Equestri, an archer and accountant born to the timber wealthy Flavii of Novum Comum (modern day Como). He is a childhood…
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Fintan the OwlDeceased | He/Him | Brythonic Celt Fintan was archdruid of the coastal Ancalite tribe and a trusted advisor of warlord Cassibelanus. The original Owl King, he was born south of the Tamesa (modern Thames) in Britannia and was the husband of Ciniod the First and father of Aedan (The Owl). He dies before the start of the series in Belgica, fighting the Roman invaders. Taran the SecondAge 38 | He/Him | Brythonic Celt Taran is archdruid of the Belgae tribe born along the…
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Luna Age 6 (24 human years) | She/her | Barb Horse Luna was born on the Servii plantation to a broodmare from Northern Africa when her owner, Scipio Servius, was five years old. After he left for schooling, Vitus Servius trained her to be a war horse and at age 3, she reunited with Skipio (then nineteen) to serve with him in the Legion Equestrian corps. After arriving in Britannia, she is stolen by Aedan the Ancalite and renamed…
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Lucia Vita ServiaAge 25 | She/Her | Roman Vita is the unwed daughter of Scipia Lucia Servia and the sister of Skipio, born in the Lepontine Alps just north of the Lario (modern Lake Como). She is procurator of Servio Poma et Pira, the family business of apples and pears, fruit wine, and seasonal walnuts. Due to past trauma, she struggles with her brother's consensual violent romance with his Aedan, his…
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