title: The Kingdom of Christmas: The Guardian of the Mountains
author:  The Snow Spirit 
description: The Snow Spirit is the pen name of author and short story writer, Kate Shawcross. Kate studied English Language and Literature at Oxford University, attending the same college as J.R.R.Tolkien and Philip Pullman. Kate is currently working on more fiction and has plans to write a second 'Kingdom of Christmas' book in the near future. For more information, visit www.thesnowspirit.com or follow Kate on Twitter @TheSnowSpirit.
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  THE  
  LAST  
  GHOST  
  OF  
  CHRISTMAS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  A CHRISTMAS NOVEL
  
  
  God Bless Us Everyone
  
  
  —charles dickens
  
  
  JESSE COLT
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 Jesse Colt
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  Cover design by chrisodesign.com
  
  
  Interior design by teaberrycreative.com
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Far to the north, farther even than the frozen expanse of Great Bear Lake and
  north of where the last thin stands of timber yielded to the tundra, endless
  gloom had taken command of the ice packs. The heavy veil of the arctic night
  cloaked a barren landscape and allied with billowing dark clouds to choke away
  the last faint light from the desolate scenery below.
  
  
  Lost on this dreary carpet, three tiny luminescent domes clustered together
  like faint white mushrooms crouching in the darkness. The silent cones were
  illuminated by the glo