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A story about alternate Napoleonic Wars, and a Roundhead ghost.

A General at Sea (1624 words) by UrsulaKohl
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Machineries of Empire Series - Yoon Ha Lee
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Rhezny Brezan, Neshte Khiruev, Garach Jedao Shkan, Ajewen Cheris
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Age of Sail, Worldbuilding, Science Fantasy, Swords, Specifically dirty tricks with cutlasses, Ghosts, Venus - planet
Summary:

It was allegiance to the List that kept a sailor safe in the ghost straits between Earth and the oceans of Venus. The ghosts whispered or called out to sailors, in voices of the dead they'd lost, or children yet unborn. Only the bone-deep, soul-deep knowledge of where one's name was written, the direct obedience one owed to one's superiors, could keep a man from jumping overboard. Or so the story went. Bernard Rees had never encountered difficulty distinguishing the dead from the living.

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