PROLOGUE Greece, 1927 Trocar reached for the chartigeias. None. None again. Turned the other way, Trocar peeled off a page of insulation, another, and another. Three doubled make six. Six leaves; moist, damp, porous, unreliable, but leaves. Always three. Three make six. Superior—supreme—to none. No storebought, which is two-ply, ever, and expensive. Default, then, to […]

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