title: TOMES OF THE DEAD: ANNO MORTIS
author:  Rebecca Levene 
description: Rebecca Levene has been a writer and editor for fifteen years. In that time she has storylined Emmerdale, written a children's book about Captain Cook, several science fiction and horror novels, a novelisation and making-of book for Rebellion's Rogue Trooper video game, and a Beginner's Guide to Poker. She has also edited a range of media tie-in books. She was associate producer on the ITV1 drama Wild at Heart, story consultant on the Chinese soap opera Joy Luck Street, script writer on Family Affairs and Is Harry on the Boat? and is part of the writing team for Channel 5's Swinging. She has had two sit-coms optioned, one by the BBC and one by Talkback, and currently has a detective drama in development with Granada Television.
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  # HEART OF DUST
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Book One of _Death’s Embrace_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • H. L. MOORE •
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Cover artist: H. L. Moore. Designed on Canva.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Published by H. L. Moore
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © H. L. Moore 2018
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be used or reproduced for
  profit. H. L. Moore has asserted her right to be identified as the author of
  this work. This novel is a work of fiction. Characters, places and events are
  the product of the author’s imagination and any resemblance to actual persons,
  living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  First published on Kobo in 2018.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ISBN: 9780648271291
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Dedicated to Emily, Andrea, Em and David – for all of your incredible support.
  
  
  I couldn’t have done this without you.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  CHAPTER ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Doran