The Lightning Key (2009)
“A tall rock stood at its heart, with square buildings of mud and stone clustered around it as though they had washed up there on a tide of sand. The houses were squat and low on the outskirts, and grew taller as they got closer to the rock. Many were topped with matching pairs of windows, keeping watch over the surrounding desert. The rock in the center had sprouted its own buildings and grown over the ages into a sort of jumbled castle. Here and there tiny gardens perched among the arched wind...ows, and white birds spiraled slowly around it.
They rode down a gentle slope toward the village. A knot was forming in Miles’s stomach, like the feeling that would come over him before his performances at the Circus Bolsillo. He had no idea what his family would be like, or even if they lived here still. Would they welcome him or treat him as a stranger? He wondered if it might be better not to reveal who he was straightaway, but if he kept his identity secret how could he get to speak to his aunt?MoreLess
They rode down a gentle slope toward the village. A knot was forming in Miles’s stomach, like the feeling that would come over him before his performances at the Circus Bolsillo. He had no idea what his family would be like, or even if they lived here still. Would they welcome him or treat him as a stranger? He wondered if it might be better not to reveal who he was straightaway, but if he kept his identity secret how could he get to speak to his aunt?MoreLess
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